U18 World League

Rey de Copas
Spectators: 7655 (Terracing: 5743, Seating: 1760, VIP seats: 152) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gunnar Nordahl started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, La vecchia signora's Alex Enegren got a free kick in the 2nd minute. In the 4th match minute, GERLIROJO Ψ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Honorio Isauro to maneuver through the defense. In the 10th minute, Mister Estany left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The GERLIROJO Ψ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michael Forss in the 13th minute of play forced GERLIROJO Ψ's goalkeeper Enzo Yalap to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Mister Estany kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ingvar Lindberg. That made the score 2-0 in the 16 minute of play. The audience was convinced that Severo Vachon's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ingvar Lindberg was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. 20 minutes into the match, Gunnar Nordahl had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Enzo Yalap. GERLIROJO Ψ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gunnar Nordahl was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Enzo Yalap showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michael Forss in the 24th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Melchor Batista in the 27th minute of play forced La vecchia signora's goalkeeper Ingvar Lindberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gunnar Nordahl during the 28th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 28th minute, Gunnar Nordahl hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cirilo Dalmu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ingvar Lindberg having to interfere. Enzo Yalap took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gunnar Nordahl, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 34 minutes, Kasper Ström mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the La vecchia signora and the GERLIROJO Ψ players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 34 played minutes La vecchia signora got a freekick which was hit by Kasper Ström. The crowd rose to their feet as GERLIROJO Ψ's Melchor Batista slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ingvar Lindberg. That made the score 3-1 after 35 minutes of play. After 38 played minutes GERLIROJO Ψ got a freekick which was hit by Melchor Batista. GERLIROJO Ψ's Enzo Yalap played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Michael Forss in the 39th minute of play. Herman Arvidsson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Enzo Yalap tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, La vecchia signora's Kasper Ström got a free kick in the 46th minute. GERLIROJO Ψ made a substitution. Emanuel Papulov replaced Mister Estany. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Emanuel Papulov to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Emanuel Papulov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ingvar Lindberg was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-2. In the 56th minute Emanuel Papulov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ingvar Lindberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 59 played minutes GERLIROJO Ψ got a freekick which was hit by Jonatan Evarado. Ingvar Lindberg came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by GERLIROJO Ψ's Emanuel Papulov. But to his dismay, Emanuel Papulov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-2. After 67th play minutes Emanuel Papulov shot 6-2, a short shot which went by Ingvar Lindberg and just under the crossbar into goal. After having played for 72 minutes, Gunnar Nordahl managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. La vecchia signora's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gunnar Nordahl was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ingvar Lindberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Melchor Batista, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. After 75 minutes of play, GERLIROJO Ψ's Melchor Batista made it 7-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ingvar Lindberg was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Herman Arvidsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 81st minute, Gunnar Nordahl hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 82 minutes into the game, Melchor Batista cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 8-2. Ingvar Lindberg was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Herman Arvidsson struck a weak shot in the 87th minute. Enzo Yalap didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for La vecchia signora. GERLIROJO Ψ's Jonatan Evarado got his second yellow card of the match in the 88th minute. The referee ordered Jonatan Evarado off the ground. After a rather tough play, GERLIROJO Ψ's Jonatan Evarado got a free kick in the 88th minute. After 89 played minutes La vecchia signora got a freekick which was hit by Lars Lundström. After some fancy dribbling in the 92nd minute, Severo Vachon managed to get in a good position for a shot. GERLIROJO Ψ's supporters rose to their feet, but Severo Vachon was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ingvar Lindberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. La vecchia signora's Herman Arvidsson got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Michael Forss during the 98th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 98 played minutes La vecchia signora got a freekick which was hit by Michael Forss. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. GERLIROJO Ψ had played much better football throughout.