U18 World League

Legend Killer
Spectators: 7415 (Terracing: 5583, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 120) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ulises Fanjul started the match with the kick off. Poulus Farias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valentin Rosendal in the 3rd minute of the match. A collision led to Valla Fc getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Hannes Bjurström hit a great ball. Ulises Fanjul struck a weak shot in the 10th minute. Henning Forsberg didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for RKO AFC. RKO AFC's Ulises Fanjul got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 21st minute, Roldán Navia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valentin Rosendal in the 22nd minute of play forced RKO AFC's goalkeeper Poulus Farias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Poulus Farias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oskar Wallmark, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 29th minute Valentin Rosendal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Poulus Farias saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Henning Forsberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ulises Fanjul in the 31st minute of play. Poulus Farias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentin Rosendal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 38th match minute, RKO AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pierre Dagnino to maneuver through the defense. Poulus Farias made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentin Rosendal in the 40th minute of play. Roldán Navia charged in rather forcefully in the 43rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Roldán Navia the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Valla Fc made a substitution. Linus Sundström replaced Valentin Rosendal. After 42 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for RKO AFC! After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Linus Sundström stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Valla Fc's Hannes Bjurström got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Hannes Bjurström kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. Ulises Fanjul hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Linus Sundström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Poulus Farias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 60th minute, Pierre Dagnino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Henning Forsberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adalberto Pellegri in the 62nd minute of play. Henning Forsberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ulises Fanjul in the 64th minute of the match. If Ulises Fanjul had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Henning Forsberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ulises Fanjul in the 70th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Valla Fc's Oskar Wallmark got a free kick in the 70th minute. Linus Sundström was extremely unlucky when he, in the 77th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Poulus Farias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Linus Sundström in the 78th minute of the match. In the 80thth minute of the game Oskar Wallmark who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but RKO AFC's Poulus Farias was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After having played for 82 minutes, Ulises Fanjul managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. RKO AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ulises Fanjul was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Adalberto Pellegri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Henning Forsberg having to interfere. Ulises Fanjul sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Henning Forsberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adalberto Pellegri, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.