U23 World League

Bullen Arena
Spectators: 7656 (Terracing: 5744, Seating: 1760, VIP seats: 152) Los Hornos's Eustaquio Omero 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 5 minutes of play, Los Hornos's Bernardo Estevez made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Emanuel Sefastsson was left in no man's land by his defense there! 15 minutes into the match, Los Hornos's goalkeeper Everardo Francho had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marc Ahlroht. Everardo Francho was a little too slow when Rasmus Fransson got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 18th minute. The score was now 1-1. When Ulf Hedling came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the FC Bullen fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ulf Hedling couldn't finish the play. After 25 minutes, Humberto Iyan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Los Hornos and the FC Bullen players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of FC Bullen booed when Los Hornos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Humberto Iyan didn't get a good kick on the ball. FC Bullen's Emanuel Sefastsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eustaquio Omero in the 31st minute of play. Emanuel Sefastsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernardo Estevez in the 32nd minute of the match. Los Hornos's Humberto Iyan managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Zdzislaw Wykowski in the 35 minute of the game. In the 37th minute Bernardo Estevez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emanuel Sefastsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 42ndth minute of the game Bernardo Estevez who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Bullen's Emanuel Sefastsson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 42ndth minute of the game Bernardo Estevez who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Bullen's Emanuel Sefastsson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Henning Åberg during the 48th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rasmus Fransson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Petr Úlehla hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. After having played for 57 minutes, Cipriano Raulo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Los Hornos's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cipriano Raulo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of FC Bullen booed when Los Hornos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Humberto Iyan didn't get a good kick on the ball. 66 minutes into the match, Rasmus Fransson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Everardo Francho. Los Hornos's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rasmus Fransson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. 70 minutes had been played when some careless play by Los Hornos's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Henning Åberg was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Bullen's players had a chance to rest. Rasmus Fransson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Everardo Francho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When FC Bullen's Rasmus Fransson in the 80th minute got a chance for a shot 80th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Los Hornos's goalie prevented a goal. In the 81st minute FC Bullen were awarded a corner. Henning Åberg went to the cornerflag to take it. Henning Åberg made a great header on FC Bullen's corner, it was just that Los Hornos's Everardo Francho managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 83rd minute, Marc Ahlroht hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The long shot by Cipriano Raulo in the 84th minute really tested Emanuel Sefastsson's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Rasmus Fransson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Everardo Francho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Los Hornos's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.