U18 World League

El gigante del NORTE
Spectators: 7492 (Terracing: 5620, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Porjus's Mark Hedman 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. CA INCAS's Esteve Cerilo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mark Hedman in the 3rd minute of play. 4 minutes into the match, CA INCAS's goal looked a bit too open when Fred Hjortberg came free, but Esteve Cerilo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivan Ström in the 7th minute of play forced CA INCAS's goalkeeper Esteve Cerilo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aurelio Gar's late challenge caught a Porjus's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aurelio Gar helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to CA INCAS getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Aurelio Gar hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Harry Forsberg in the 13th minute of play forced CA INCAS's goalkeeper Esteve Cerilo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fred Hjortberg struck a weak shot in the 15th minute. Esteve Cerilo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Porjus. Esteve Cerilo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Harry Forsberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Marciano Bitxintxo during the 18th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Porjus booed when CA INCAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marciano Bitxintxo didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 20th minute Nestor Incendio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pontus Lundin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Porjus's Sven-Oskar Josefsson got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Saul Eskuin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. CA INCAS's Esteve Cerilo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fred Hjortberg in the 29th minute of play. Esteve Cerilo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivan Ström, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. 35 minutes into the match, Freddy Vermudo dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Pontus Lundin, 1-0. CA INCAS's Aurelio Gar got his second yellow card of the match in the 38th minute. The referee ordered Aurelio Gar off the ground. After 39 played minutes CA INCAS got a freekick which was hit by Aurelio Gar. Esteve Cerilo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fred Hjortberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Fred Hjortberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Esteve Cerilo having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Saul Eskuin to make the kick off. Esteve Cerilo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Harry Forsberg in the 53rd minute of the match. Saul Eskuin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Esteve Cerilo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Harry Forsberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Fred Hjortberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Esteve Cerilo having to interfere. After 61 minutes, Ivan Ström mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Porjus and the CA INCAS players grew even worse after the yellow card. Fred Hjortberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Fred Hjortberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Esteve Cerilo was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. In the 70th minute Harry Forsberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Esteve Cerilo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. CA INCAS's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Harry Forsberg 72 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-1. If Sven-Oskar Josefsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 79 played minutes Fred Hjortberg rounded CA INCAS's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-2. Harry Forsberg received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Esteve Cerilo came out and tried to block the shot, but Harry Forsberg slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 83rd minute. When the final whistle sounded Porjus left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than CA INCAS.