U23 World League

BELAJ-ARENA
Spectators: 7520 (Terracing: 5755, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 0) Aristides Phelipe made the kick off and thus started the match. Vincent Granström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonel Messi in the 3rd minute of play. Jonatan Hedbom hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. A collision led to BELAJ BOYS getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Gastón Hernández hit a great ball. In the 7th minute, Amadeo Tino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 8th minute, Ingmar Alefors 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. Vincent Granström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benigno Elija in the 10th minute of play. After 11 played minutes Crottos Crotters F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Leonel Messi. In the 19th minute, Benigno Elija left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Crottos Crotters F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joseph Melin in the 23rd minute of play forced Crottos Crotters F.C.'s goalkeeper Freddy Mercurio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 24 minutes had been played when some careless play by Crottos Crotters F.C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ingmar Alefors was slow to take the kick. During this time BELAJ BOYS's players had a chance to rest. The crowd rose to their feet as BELAJ BOYS's Baturalp Yenal slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Freddy Mercurio. That made the score 1-1 after 26 minutes of play. Gavril Tomozei could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Freddy Mercurio made a huge save. Freddy Mercurio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gavril Tomozei, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as BELAJ BOYS's Joseph Melin slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Freddy Mercurio. That made the score 2-1 after 47 minutes of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The crowd rose to their feet as Crottos Crotters F.C.'s Leonel Messi slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Vincent Granström. That made the score 2-2 after 54 minutes of play. The supporters of Crottos Crotters F.C. booed when BELAJ BOYS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Peter Tunström didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 60th minute, Aristides Phelipe sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and BELAJ BOYS's Vincent Granström didn't even have to move. Gastón Hernández hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. In the 62nd minute, Crottos Crotters F.C.'s Leonel Messi ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Vincent Granström. Vincent Granström yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-3. BELAJ BOYS's Vincent Granström proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save BELAJ BOYS from getting a goal against them. Leonel Messi took the ball and in the 80 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vincent Granström. Vincent Granström dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-4. Crottos Crotters F.C.'s Eriberto Tancredo was substituted for Amadeo Tino. Crottos Crotters F.C.'s Tomas Cibran was substituted for Eriberto Espiridion. Crottos Crotters F.C.'s Ernesto Farias was substituted for Aristides Phelipe. After 90 played minutes Crottos Crotters F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Guido Socorro. Ivar Back kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. After some careless play in the BELAJ BOYS defense, Froilan Paublo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vincent Granström. The BELAJ BOYS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vincent Granström should have stopped the shot. The Crottos Crotters F.C. players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.