U21 World League

Sniper Arena
Spectators: 7553 (Terracing: 5666, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) 3 minutes into the match, FC Snipers's goal looked a bit too open when Romeo Rienda came free, but Emanuel Brandin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ingvar Vedholm kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romeo Rienda in the 4th minute of play forced FC Snipers's goalkeeper Emanuel Brandin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of FC Snipers booed when U.D. Mancini was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Xerardo Pujol didn't get a good kick on the ball. Emanuel Brandin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Romeo Rienda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 13th minute, Silvio Estrada hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Hedlund in the 14th minute of play forced U.D. Mancini's goalkeeper Taio Elias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Martin Hedlund in the 18th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by U.D. Mancini's Frodo Quesada. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Xerardo Pujol managed to get in a good position for a shot. U.D. Mancini's supporters rose to their feet, but Xerardo Pujol was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Emanuel Brandin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 30th match minute, U.D. Mancini was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Frodo Quesada to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the U.D. Mancini defense, Lennart Svensson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Taio Elias. The U.D. Mancini fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Taio Elias should have stopped the shot. Ingvar Vedholm kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Martin Hedlund during the 45th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 45th minute, Martin Hedlund hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Xerardo Pujol made a kick off. With a little luck, FC Snipers's Emanuel Brandin got control of the ball when Xerardo Pujol tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as U.D. Mancini's Xerardo Pujol slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Emanuel Brandin. That made the score 1-1 after 55 minutes of play. Lennart Svensson took the ball and in the 60 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Taio Elias. Taio Elias dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. In the 62nd minute, Xerardo Pujol hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Göran Olofsson in the 63rd minute of play forced U.D. Mancini's goalkeeper Taio Elias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 64 minutes into the game, Martin Hedlund threw the ball into play from the sideline. U.D. Mancini's Vitin Bouzas quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Martin Hedlund made in the 66th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Roland Haglund immediately put the ball in play. In the 69th minute, Dagoberto Escobar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. U.D. Mancini's Thomas Herrero was substituted for Xerardo Pujol. Thomas Herrero's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Emanuel Brandin read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 76th minute of play. Thomas Herrero fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emanuel Brandin having to interfere. Emanuel Brandin made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Thomas Herrero sent off a good shot on target. Barto Ribas might have been able to make a better finish in the 85th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Emanuel Brandin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Barto Ribas ran back to his position shaking his head. Taio Elias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arman Bremming in the 91st minute of the match. Taio Elias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lennart Svensson, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. César Amer kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. FC Snipers were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of U.D. Mancini for a fine match.