U18 World League

Olympistadium
Spectators: 7532 (Terracing: 5650, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Sven-Ove Jonasson took the kick off in the first half of the match. Martxelin Pereta didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sven-Ove Jonasson went, in the 2nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 13th minute, Tor Njurenius left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Vänge IF fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. 17 minutes into the game, Vänge IF's Tor Njurenius nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Martxelin Pereta made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustav Ahlquist in the 21st minute of play forced Oylimpiamos Ψ's goalkeeper Martxelin Pereta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Martxelin Pereta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tim Frykberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Ovidio Picardo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sven-Ove Jonasson in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Martxelin Pereta saved Oylimpiamos Ψ from getting behind. 27 minutes into the match, Oylimpiamos Ψ's goal looked a bit too open when Gustav Ahlquist came free, but Martxelin Pereta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jens-Ola Lööf came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by Oylimpiamos Ψ's Gutierre Avina. But to his dismay, Gutierre Avina quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. Kusko Bernabeytia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Vänge IF booed when Oylimpiamos Ψ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kusko Bernabeytia didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 40th minute, Santi Villafranca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Vänge IF getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Vincent Boklund hit a great ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 2-4 lead.

The wind increased when Gutierre Avina made the kick off in the second half. Gutierre Avina hit a great freekick 50 minutes into the match. Sven-Ove Jonasson succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-5 in the 54th playminute. Martxelin Pereta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sven-Ove Jonasson in the 58th minute of the match. Ovidio Picardo kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. Gutierre Avina sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 65th minute, Knut Åström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Oylimpiamos Ψ getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Ovidio Picardo hit a great ball. Sven-Ove Jonasson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Martxelin Pereta made a huge save. Gutierre Avina received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Jens-Ola Lööf tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Oylimpiamos Ψ's Gutierre Avina got a good chance for a goal in the 82nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 86 minutes into the match, Gustav Ahlquist had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Martxelin Pereta. Oylimpiamos Ψ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gustav Ahlquist was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-6. 90 minutes into the game, Gutierre Avina was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Oylimpiamos Ψ's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Vänge IF the free kick. After a rather tough play, Oylimpiamos Ψ's Gutierre Avina got a free kick in the 90th minute. In the 93rd minute Pudes Bachiller suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. Kristian Hägglund charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kristian Hägglund the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Oylimpiamos Ψ made a substitution. Bernardino Antigua replaced Pudes Bachiller. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Vänge IF walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.