U23 World League

Gamla Ullevi
Spectators: 7687 (Terracing: 5766, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 153) Hjalmar Kråk made the kick off and thus started the match. Lirarnas Lag's Rune Grep played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edgardo Nardo in the 2nd minute of play. The supporters of Lirarnas Lag booed when ZORZAL01 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ladislao Lekubegi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Emanuel Lico scored 0-1 in the 6th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rune Grep, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Ladislao Lekubegi fell near the penalty area in the 10th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ZORZAL01's protests and gave Ladislao Lekubegi a yellow card for diving instead. In the 10th minute, Ladislao Lekubegi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emanuel Lico in the 12th minute of play forced Lirarnas Lag's goalkeeper Rune Grep to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lirarnas Lag's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Hjalmar Kråk in the 16th minute. The corner led Lirarnas Lag's Hjalmar Kråk to fire away a dangerous shot which Higinio Polo despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The throw-in from Timoteo Dolcet in the 23rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Lirarnas Lag's Luo Gang Zhan. When the match clock showed 25 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Jean-Pascal Bellefeuille sped through ZORZAL01's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Higinio Polo. Lirarnas Lag's Rune Grep played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Silvestre Jakue in the 31st minute of play. In the 31st minute, Lucio Ermano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 34th minute, Edgardo Nardo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The corner ended in Silvestre Jakue almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Lirarnas Lag's Rune Grep did a great save. 42 minutes into the match, Lirarnas Lag's goal looked a bit too open when Arsenio Maldonado came free, but Rune Grep reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

Rune Grep made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edgardo Nardo in the 51st minute. A collision led to Lirarnas Lag getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Hjalmar Kråk hit a great ball. With 54 minutes on the clock, Pang Hai Yue commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Rune Grep had in the 56thth minute some difficulties stopping Silvestre Jakue's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Silvestre Jakue did an outstanding performance 56 minutes into the match, when he by himself got past the opposing team's defense and with a quick scored 2-2 to the right of an irritated Rune Grep in the goal. Rune Grep showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emanuel Lico in the 60th minute of the match. In the 62nd minute, ZORZAL01's Silvestre Jakue ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Rune Grep. Rune Grep yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-3. When ZORZAL01's Silvestre Jakue in 68 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Rune Grep guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. The supporters of ZORZAL01 booed when Lirarnas Lag was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luo Gang Zhan didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 82nd minute, Jean-Pascal Bellefeuille left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lirarnas Lag fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-4. In the 86th minute, Jean-Pascal Bellefeuille ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Higinio Polo was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-4. 90 minutes into the match, Lirarnas Lag's goalkeeper Rune Grep had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Edgardo Nardo. The crowd rose to their feet as ZORZAL01's Emanuel Lico slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Rune Grep. That made the score 4-5 after 97 minutes of play. When the match was over ZORZAL01 could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Lirarnas Lag throughout the match.