U21 World League

El Coloso de Mardel
Spectators: 7530 (Terracing: 5649, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Anier Vincent kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, Knight Of Dawn's Anier Vincent got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Knight Of Dawn's Aristides Ihazintu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mats Berggren in the 3rd minute of play. Aristides Ihazintu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karl-Ove Christoffersson, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Guldsmedshyttan IK's defense didn't have a chance, in the 10th minute, when Anier Vincent scored to the left of an out of position Jarl Andreasson, making the score, 1-0. Aristides Ihazintu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karl-Ove Christoffersson in the 13th minute of play. In the 15th minute Karl-Ove Christoffersson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aristides Ihazintu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jarl Andreasson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pastor Iraitz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karl-Ove Christoffersson in the 23rd minute of play forced Knight Of Dawn's goalkeeper Aristides Ihazintu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 32nd minute, Pastor Iraitz reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jarl Andreasson. The goal made the score 2-0. In the 35th minute Karl-Ove Christoffersson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aristides Ihazintu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mats Berggren in the 36th minute of play forced Knight Of Dawn's goalkeeper Aristides Ihazintu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Karl-Ove Christoffersson in the 37th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aristides Ihazintu saved Knight Of Dawn from getting behind. Alf Ek's late challenge caught a Knight Of Dawn's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alf Ek helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Guldsmedshyttan IK getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Alf Ek hit a great ball. Aristides Ihazintu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karl-Ove Christoffersson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 47th minute, Knight Of Dawn's Pastor Iraitz dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-0.

Aristides Ihazintu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Karl-Ove Christoffersson in the 53rd minute. Jarl Andreasson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anier Vincent, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Knight Of Dawn's Rafael Caitano got a free kick in the 67th minute. If Teobaldo Damario had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Teobaldo Damario fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jarl Andreasson having to interfere. In the 74th minute Pastor Iraitz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jarl Andreasson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 75 minutes into the match, Guldsmedshyttan IK's goal looked a bit too open when Anier Vincent came free, but Jarl Andreasson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jarl Andreasson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pastor Iraitz went, in the 81st minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Per Söderqwist hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Knight Of Dawn's Rodrigo Poncio got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to Knight Of Dawn getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Rafael Caitano hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Knight Of Dawn had won after a very even match.