U21 World League

La Cueva
Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Clodoveo Barbosa started the match with the kick off. Sebastian Walroth was out of position in the 15 minute of play, and Rodolfo Cordara capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Rodolfo Cordara really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. A collision led to BK Värdsholmen getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Tage Brodin hit a great ball. Sebastian Walroth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodolfo Cordara in the 35th minute of the match. In the 38th minute, Håkan Eklund hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sven Häger's late challenge caught a Sportivo Constitución's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sven Häger helped the player get up and apologised. In the 43rd match minute, BK Värdsholmen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sven Häger to maneuver through the defense. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Peder Gernberg made a kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Sportivo Constitución's goalkeeper Gaspar Libertad had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Håkan Eklund. With an all-out effort, BK Värdsholmen's Gaspar Libertad threw himself towards the right post 53 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Roger Norberg, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Håkan Eklund could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 57th minute of the match, but Gaspar Libertad made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Clodoveo Barbosa in the 65th minute of play forced BK Värdsholmen's goalkeeper Sebastian Walroth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 70 minutes into the match, Sportivo Constitución's goal looked a bit too open when Konrad Hammarström came free, but Gaspar Libertad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gaspar Libertad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peder Gernberg in the 71st minute of the match. Gaspar Libertad was out of position in the 74 minute of play, and Peder Gernberg capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Peder Gernberg really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Åke Öman got free with Gaspar Libertad in the 87th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 88th minute Jonathan Eufrasio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastian Walroth saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Konrad Hammarström could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Gaspar Libertad made a huge save. If Åke Öman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Peder Gernberg in the 95th minute of play forced Sportivo Constitución's goalkeeper Gaspar Libertad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.