U18 World League

Myggvallen
Spectators: 7572 (Terracing: 5680, Seating: 1741, VIP seats: 151) Los Delfines's Eloy Oxarra started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 7th minute, Eloy Oxarra made a precise shot to the right of Eric Lilja. DFP's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. In the 13th minute, Eloy Oxarra ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eric Lilja was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Ciriaco Veronica showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jerry Mattsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. With his leg Ciriaco Veronica managed to avoid a goal in the 20thth minute, when DFP's Jerry Mattsson fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 22 minutes into the match, DFP's goal looked a bit too open when Eloy Oxarra came free, but Eric Lilja reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 28 minutes into the match, DFP's goal looked a bit too open when Eloy Oxarra came free, but Eric Lilja reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 30 minutes, Celestino Hats managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Los Delfines's supporters crossed their fingers, but Celestino Hats was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Eric Lilja made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gaspar Iraido in the 31st minute of play. In the 34th match minute, Los Delfines was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Venancio Eate to maneuver through the defense. After 35 played minutes Los Delfines got a freekick which was hit by Gaspar Iraido. With his leg Ciriaco Veronica managed to avoid a goal in the 37thth minute, when DFP's Jerry Mattsson fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Elof Caspersson hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. In the 42ndth minute of the game Jerry Mattsson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Los Delfines's Ciriaco Veronica was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cayetano Rolado's late challenge caught a DFP's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cayetano Rolado helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of DFP booed when Los Delfines was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cayetano Rolado didn't get a good kick on the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jerry Mattsson made a kick off. A collision led to Los Delfines getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Alejandro Illan hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jerry Mattsson in the 57th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ciriaco Veronica prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jerry Mattsson in the 58th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ciriaco Veronica prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Jerry Mattsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ciriaco Veronica was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. After 59 minutes, Alejandro Illan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Los Delfines and the DFP players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 59th match minute, Los Delfines was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alejandro Illan to maneuver through the defense. Los Delfines's Eloy Oxarra got a good chance for a goal in the 65th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jerry Mattsson in the 67th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ciriaco Veronica prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Patric Almkvist kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Eric Lilja made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eloy Oxarra in the 70th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 72nd minute, Celestino Hats managed to get in a good position for a shot. Los Delfines's supporters rose to their feet, but Celestino Hats was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eric Lilja breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 73rd minute, Jerry Mattsson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ciriaco Veronica was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Ciriaco Veronica showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olov Berggren in the 80th minute of the match. 81 minutes into the match, Jerry Mattsson notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Los Delfines's Ciriaco Veronica. Ciriaco Veronica was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Venancio Eate kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Anthon Sjödin hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. After 88 played minutes DFP got a freekick which was hit by Hans Wennerberg. Eric Lilja showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Serafino Firman in the 89th minute of the match. Eric Lilja showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gaspar Iraido, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Celestino Hats received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Eric Lilja tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eloy Oxarra in the 94th minute of play forced DFP's goalkeeper Eric Lilja to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 95 played minutes DFP got a freekick which was hit by Bengt-Åke Stephansson. Gaspar Iraido scored 2-3 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eric Lilja, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The DFP fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Los Delfines were clearly better and deserved to take the win.