U23 World League

Lillhärdal
Spectators: 7816 (Terracing: 5864, Seating: 1797, VIP seats: 155) SiTomanBoy´s's Marcos Francisco Elzo started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After having played for 2 minutes, Marcos Francisco Elzo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SiTomanBoy´s's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marcos Francisco Elzo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Sixten Nordström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcos Francisco Elzo in the 4th minute of play. 6 minutes into the match, Lillhärdal BF's goal looked a bit too open when Marcos Francisco Elzo came free, but Sixten Nordström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 7th match minute, Lillhärdal BF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Egil Sikström to maneuver through the defense. Sixten Nordström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alejandro Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Aldo Oroeta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Berkem Heybetli, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Sixten Nordström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcos Francisco Elzo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 18th minute Torsten Lekberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aldo Oroeta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by SiTomanBoy´s's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gong Xi Bo was slow to take the kick. During this time Lillhärdal BF's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Gong Xi Bo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Aldo Oroeta quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Aldo Oroeta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Torsten Lekberg in the 25th minute of play. Aldo Oroeta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Torsten Lekberg in the 28th minute of the match. The supporters of SiTomanBoy´s booed when Lillhärdal BF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Qin Han Jing didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 38th minute of the match, Berkem Heybetli tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Aldo Oroeta saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, Tord Kämpe managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lillhärdal BF's supporters rose to their feet, but Tord Kämpe was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aldo Oroeta breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Sixten Nordström stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alejandro Castro's shot from short distance in the 43rd minute. 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 Torsten Lekberg to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tord Kämpe in the 51st minute of play forced SiTomanBoy´s's goalkeeper Aldo Oroeta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Torsten Lekberg in the 53rd minute of play forced SiTomanBoy´s's goalkeeper Aldo Oroeta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 53rd minute, Torsten Lekberg ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aldo Oroeta was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. In the 57th minute, Qin Han Jing hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 60 minutes, Joaquin Canales mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SiTomanBoy´s and the Lillhärdal BF players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 61st match minute, SiTomanBoy´s was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joaquin Canales to maneuver through the defense. SiTomanBoy´s's Tinguaro Palau was substituted for Marcos Francisco Elzo. After a rather tough play, SiTomanBoy´s's Joaquin Canales got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Honorio Smith hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Lillhärdal BF's Gong Xi Bo got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Aldo Oroeta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Berkem Heybetli, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Aldo Oroeta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Torsten Lekberg in the 69th minute of play. 70 minutes into the match, Berkem Heybetli notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of SiTomanBoy´s's Aldo Oroeta. Aldo Oroeta was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Lillhärdal BF's Qin Han Jing quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Niceto Martini, made in the 77th minute of the game. In the 78th minute Tord Kämpe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aldo Oroeta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 80 played minutes SiTomanBoy´s got a freekick which was hit by Luis Angel Patrickson. 82 minutes into the match, SiTomanBoy´s's goal looked a bit too open when Tord Kämpe came free, but Aldo Oroeta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to SiTomanBoy´s getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Niceto Martini hit a great ball. Egil Sikström charged in rather forcefully in the 86th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Egil Sikström the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Egil Sikström kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. In the 89th minute Alejandro Castro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sixten Nordström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 92nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Lillhärdal BF's goalkeeper Sixten Nordström, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Lillhärdal BF's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.