U18 World League

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 6604 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jimmy Eliasson kicked off to start the match. In the 2nd minute, Ingvar Sjödin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, RullaBoll's Kenneth Ålberg got a free kick in the 4th minute. In the 6th minute Jonatan Jurgi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Johan Harlén saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. RullaBoll were furious when Isak Gustafsson was red carded, 9 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 9th minute, one of RullaBoll:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for RullaBoll. When the match had been going on for 11 minutes, Astros de México's Lucas Sidro got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Johan Harlén. After a rather tough play, RullaBoll's Sven-Åke Gunnarsson got a free kick in the 16th minute. Joaquin Soter succeeded in the game's 20th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-0. 29 minutes into the match, Joaquin Soter notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of RullaBoll's Johan Harlén. Johan Harlén was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Jack Mårtensson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 40th minute, Ingvar Sjödin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Candido Dantel was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. RullaBoll's Johan Harlén proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 46th minute of the match, managed to save RullaBoll from getting a goal against them. After 47 minutes of play, Astros de México's Joaquin Soter made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Johan Harlén was left in no man's land by his defense there! The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jonatan Jurgi was the one to do the kick off. Kenneth Ålberg who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 56thth minute tested the skills of Candido Dantel when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Johan Harlén showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonatan Jurgi, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonatan Jurgi in the 62nd minute of play forced RullaBoll's goalkeeper Johan Harlén to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Astros de México's Candido Dantel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save Astros de México from getting a goal against them. 68 minutes into the game, Astros de México's Joaquin Soter nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Johan Harlén made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-2. Astros de México's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Kenneth Ålberg 71 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 5-3. Siro Dimo hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Astros de México's Inocencio Mergildo was substituted for Tadeo Petri. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Jack Mårtensson managed to get in a good position for a shot. RullaBoll's supporters rose to their feet, but Jack Mårtensson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Candido Dantel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Ulrik Hellkvist had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Candido Dantel was a little too slow when Ingvar Sjödin got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 94th minute. The score was now 5-5. The RullaBoll players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Astros de México from taking control. The game ends in a draw.