U21 World League

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Spectators: 7462 (Terracing: 5597, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Andreas Martinsson started the match with the kick off. In the 10th minute, Zacarias Ospetsu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Del Acuerdo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 15th minute, Bengt Bäckman managed to get in a good position for a shot. CoolKidzTable's supporters rose to their feet, but Bengt Bäckman was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Miguel Ilixo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Miguel Ilixo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Andreas Martinsson in the 17th minute. Miguel Ilixo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andreas Martinsson in the 19th minute of play. Rudolf Caspersson charged in rather forcefully in the 23rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rudolf Caspersson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, CoolKidzTable's Rudolf Caspersson got a free kick in the 24th minute. After 25 minutes of play, CoolKidzTable's Andreas Martinsson made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Miguel Ilixo was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Zacarias Ospetsu in the 31st minute of play forced CoolKidzTable's goalkeeper Folke Hellström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Del Acuerdo's zone, Mikael Boström stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Miguel Ilixo came out of the goal and Mikael Boström tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Folke Hellström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Honorato Gaizko in the 36th minute of the match. Osvald Lindberg kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. Andreas Martinsson's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Miguel Ilixo firmly grabbed it by the left post. 43 minutes into the match, Del Acuerdo's goalkeeper Miguel Ilixo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Karl-Åke Björkdahl. 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 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Edgard Iruinea was the one to do the kick off. Osvald Lindberg kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. 57 minutes into the match, Andreas Martinsson notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Del Acuerdo's Miguel Ilixo. Miguel Ilixo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Miguel Ilixo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andreas Martinsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. The audience was convinced that Andreas Martinsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Miguel Ilixo was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Honorato Gaizko in the 74th minute of play forced CoolKidzTable's goalkeeper Folke Hellström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Zacarias Ospetsu during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Del Acuerdo's Zacarias Ospetsu got a free kick in the 78th minute. Lukas Örtendal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 90th minute, Zacarias Ospetsu got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Del Acuerdo's Honorato Gaizko got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. CoolKidzTable's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.