U18 World League

Estadio Guayquiraró
Spectators: 7528 (Terracing: 5647, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Donato Gaztea kicked off to start the match. The audience was convinced that Oskar Wallmark's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Juan Perrando was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valentin Rosendal in the 17th minute of play forced NUMBA's goalkeeper Juan Perrando to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Henning Forsberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Donato Gaztea in the 20th minute of play. A collision led to Valla Fc getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Sakarias Persson hit a great ball. Valla Fc's Henning Forsberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Donato Gaztea in the 28th minute of play. Henning Forsberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Donato Gaztea in the 32nd minute of the match. 33 minutes into the game, Stig-Arne Bratt was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Valla Fc's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave NUMBA the free kick. Henning Forsberg didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cosme Ayala went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Henning Forsberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gilberto Seme in the 38th minute of the match. Juan Perrando showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valentin Rosendal in the 40th minute of the match. In the 41st minute, Rafael Bela reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Henning Forsberg. The goal made the score 2-0. Juan Perrando made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentin Rosendal in the 45th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Donato Gaztea in the 48th minute of play forced Valla Fc's goalkeeper Henning Forsberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Valentin Rosendal to make the kick off. After 52 played minutes Valla Fc got a freekick which was hit by Gottfrid Skarkman. An unexpectedly hard shot by Donato Gaztea in the 57th minute of play forced Valla Fc's goalkeeper Henning Forsberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 59th minute Valentin Rosendal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juan Perrando saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Valla Fc booed when NUMBA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Enzo Jacindo didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 69th minute, Enzo Jacindo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Henning Forsberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Donato Gaztea in the 72nd minute of the match. Henning Forsberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Donato Gaztea, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Donato Gaztea in the 82nd minute of play forced Valla Fc's goalkeeper Henning Forsberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 84th minute, Cosme Ayala left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The NUMBA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. Cosme Ayala took the ball and in the 88 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Henning Forsberg. Henning Forsberg dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-0. 93 minutes into the game, NUMBA's Donato Gaztea nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Henning Forsberg made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 7-0. Henning Forsberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Donato Gaztea in the 97th minute of the match. When the referee ended the match the NUMBA players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.