U21 World League

Risco de San Nicolás
Spectators: 7519 (Terracing: 5640, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Beila Ladra got the match started through his kick off. Club Deportivo Polonia's Tohias Rossello played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hardas Bat in the 8th minute of play. 9 minutes into the match, Beila Ladra had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Matthias Fransson. JKs Talanger's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Beila Ladra was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 13th match minute, JKs Talanger was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sixten Sundberg to maneuver through the defense. After 14 played minutes, Club Deportivo Polonia's Delmiro Ramis shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Matthias Fransson came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Club Deportivo Polonia reached it. In the 17th minute, Arne Björklund hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Matthias Fransson made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Walme Alvarez sent off a good shot on target. Delmiro Ramis made in the 28th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by JKs Talanger's Villiam Lägdin. When Konrad Axelsson fell near the penalty area in the 32nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored JKs Talanger's protests and gave Konrad Axelsson a yellow card for diving instead. JKs Talanger's Matthias Fransson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andoni Molina in the 33rd minute of play. Arne Björklund hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Matthias Fransson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Beila Ladra in the 45th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Hardas Bat to make the kick off. JKs Talanger were furious when Henry Nyberg was red carded, 53 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. A collision led to JKs Talanger getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Henry Nyberg hit a great ball. In the 55th minute, Alvito Arribas 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. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hardas Bat during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Hardas Bat hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. Through an outstanding action, after 61 minutes, Tohias Rossello successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. JKs Talanger were awarded a corner in the 62th minute after Club Deportivo Polonia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jan Melberg took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Jan Melberg got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tohias Rossello quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 66th minute Hardas Bat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tohias Rossello saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Konrad Axelsson's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Tohias Rossello read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 69th minute of play. 70 minutes had been played when some careless play by Club Deportivo Polonia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jan Melberg was slow to take the kick. During this time JKs Talanger's players had a chance to rest. In the 72nd minute, Konrad Axelsson 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. The supporters of Club Deportivo Polonia booed when JKs Talanger was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Johan Finnman didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alvito Arribas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 75th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Beila Ladra's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Matthias Fransson was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Club Deportivo Polonia's Alvito Arribas got a free kick in the 80th minute. After 82 minutes of play, Club Deportivo Polonia's Eduardo Ruiz made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Matthias Fransson was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Club Deportivo Polonia getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Alvito Arribas hit a great ball. Alvito Arribas hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. In the 95th minute Casimiro Erosa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matthias Fransson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 96 minutes into the match, Konrad Axelsson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tohias Rossello. Club Deportivo Polonia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Konrad Axelsson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Club Deportivo Polonia's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.