U18 World League

Thunder Stadium
Spectators: 7518 (Terracing: 5639, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gustav Jansson got the match started through his kick off. Georg Åkerberg was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Arturo Acevedo showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 3 minute of play. Benito Argi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gustav Jansson in the 6th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 15 minutes, Isidoro Godoy took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Georg Åkerberg to make any attempt to save it. Gustav Jansson charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gustav Jansson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to StraX Xenon FC getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Gustav Jansson hit a great ball. Dennis Sjöö fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Argi having to interfere. Benito Argi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustav Jansson in the 25th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gustav Jansson in the 29th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Benito Argi saved SOUTH THUNDER from getting behind. Per Kjellbom charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Per Kjellbom the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to StraX Xenon FC getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Per Kjellbom hit a great ball. Georg Åkerberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isidoro Godoy in the 32nd minute of the match. When StraX Xenon FC's Gustav Jansson in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SOUTH THUNDER's goalie prevented a goal. Gustav Jansson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Benito Argi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Benito Argi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gustav Jansson, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Georg Åkerberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pablo Solari in the 44th minute of play. StraX Xenon FC's Per Kjellbom got his second yellow card of the match in the 46th minute. The referee ordered Per Kjellbom off the ground. After 49 minutes StraX Xenon FC's goalkeeper Georg Åkerberg managed, with a little bit of luck, save Fabricio Bustos's penalty, on his right side after a tricky shot. 3-0 came in the 49th minute when Fabricio Bustos all by himself managed to get straight through the defense and place the ball into the net to the right of Georg Åkerberg. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The wind increased when Arturo Acevedo made the kick off in the second half. Gustav Jansson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 57th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Gert Uter fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Argi having to interfere. StraX Xenon FC's Gustav Jansson got a good chance for a goal in the 60th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a little luck, SOUTH THUNDER's Benito Argi got control of the ball when Gustav Jansson tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gert Uter in the 69th minute of play forced SOUTH THUNDER's goalkeeper Benito Argi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gustav Jansson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Argi having to interfere. In the 73rd minute, Isidoro Godoy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Gustav Jansson managed to get in a good position for a shot. StraX Xenon FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Gustav Jansson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Benito Argi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the match had gone on for 78 minutes, Gustav Jansson put it in 3-1 from a short distance just to the right of Benito Argi. 81 minutes into the game, Gustav Jansson cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-2. Benito Argi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Arturo Acevedo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Georg Åkerberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Benito Argi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gustav Jansson in the 88th minute. Georg Åkerberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isidoro Godoy in the 91st minute of the match. Dennis Sjöö kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. Arturo Acevedo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 98th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Georg Åkerberg having to make a save. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. SOUTH THUNDER had won after a very even match.