U18 World League

Auktsjaur Arena
Spectators: 7495 (Terracing: 5622, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) Conrado Abajas started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When the match had gone on for 5 minutes, Jeppe Renberg took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Vicente Berdoi to make any attempt to save it. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind Halcones Azules's goalkeeper Vicente Berdoi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 10 minutes into the game, Horacio Ikatz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Halcones Azules's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Auktsjaur IF the free kick. Horacio Ikatz kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. With a little luck, Halcones Azules's Vicente Berdoi got control of the ball when Jeppe Renberg tried to sneak it across the goal line. Mårten Gudmundsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Omar Ekain in the 14th minute of play. Omar Ekain hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Mårten Gudmundsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Omar Ekain in the 22nd minute of play. In the 24th match minute, Auktsjaur IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Oskar Jakobsson to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Auktsjaur IF's Verner Abrahamsson got a free kick in the 25th minute. 26 minutes into the match, Halcones Azules's Horacio Ikatz sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mårten Gudmundsson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Jeppe Renberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 30 minutes of play, Auktsjaur IF's Jeppe Renberg made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vicente Berdoi was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Halcones Azules getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Conrado Abajas hit a great ball. Mårten Gudmundsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Omar Ekain in the 36th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Omar Ekain in the 38th minute of play forced Auktsjaur IF's goalkeeper Mårten Gudmundsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 43 minutes into the match, Halcones Azules's goal looked a bit too open when Olov Larsson came free, but Vicente Berdoi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 47 played minutes Auktsjaur IF got a freekick which was hit by Verner Abrahamsson. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Olov Larsson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Vicente Berdoi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olov Larsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Olov Larsson in the 52nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vicente Berdoi saved Halcones Azules from getting behind. Auktsjaur IF's Jeppe Renberg got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 64th minute Omar Ekain shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mårten Gudmundsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mårten Gudmundsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Omar Ekain, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Jeppe Renberg managed to get in a good position for a shot. Auktsjaur IF's supporters rose to their feet, but Jeppe Renberg was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vicente Berdoi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 71st minute, Godofredo Rito got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Halcones Azules's Armando Monico was substituted for Marco Donzel. Mårten Gudmundsson was out of position in the 74 minute of play, and Omar Ekain capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Omar Ekain really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. Mårten Gudmundsson made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Godofredo Rito sent off a good shot on target. In the 78th minute, Verner Abrahamsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Halcones Azules made a substitution. Nicasio Calvet replaced Conrado Abajas. 83 minutes into the match, Halcones Azules's goal looked a bit too open when Olov Larsson came free, but Vicente Berdoi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Auktsjaur IF's Jeppe Renberg in the 84th minute got a chance for a shot 84th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Halcones Azules's goalie prevented a goal. Mårten Gudmundsson made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Nicasio Calvet sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nicasio Calvet got free with Mårten Gudmundsson in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Vicente Berdoi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jeppe Renberg in the 96th minute of the match. The Auktsjaur IF players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.