U21 World League

Estadio Ivan Ramljak
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5626, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Segundo Arnau got the match started through his kick off. Everardo Lekubegi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jorge Luke showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olle Lövgren in the 13th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Elano Telechea got free with Edvin Stenkvist in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Stefan Ahlström kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. Edvin Stenkvist made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Segundo Arnau sent off a good shot on target. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Villiam Melin in the 20th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jorge Luke prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Olle Lövgren received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Jorge Luke tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Segundo Arnau kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. Jorge Luke made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olle Lövgren in the 27th minute of play. Elano Telechea sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Thanks to some nice moves Segundo Arnau could shoot a difficult shot in the 35th minute, which Edvin Stenkvist however easily saved by the left post. When Daniel Botello fell near the penalty area in the 38th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored • El Croacia fobal club •'s protests and gave Daniel Botello a yellow card for diving instead. After 38 played minutes • El Croacia fobal club • got a freekick which was hit by Daniel Botello. Jorge Luke didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Olle Lövgren went, in the 41st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. If Olle Lövgren had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Jorge Luke didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Stefan Ahlström went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Villiam Melin to strike the kick off in the second half. After 74 played minutes Little Big got a freekick which was hit by Jan-Erik Vikström. Edvin Stenkvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Segundo Arnau in the 84th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 85 minutes, Segundo Arnau put it in 3-2 from a short distance just to the right of Edvin Stenkvist. Segundo Arnau sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Segundo Arnau scored 4-2 in the 91st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Edvin Stenkvist, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Villiam Melin charged in rather forcefully in the 94th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Villiam Melin the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 94th match minute, Little Big was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Villiam Melin to maneuver through the defense. In a very dangerous position, a player in Little Big fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 97th minute. Penalty! The referee gave • El Croacia fobal club • a penalty, 100 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Clemente Laurgain, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Little Big's Edvin Stenkvist. 5-2. • El Croacia fobal club •'s fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.