U23 World League

White Hart Lane
Spectators: 7486 (Terracing: 5615, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) White Hart Lane's Olle Ekström 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 some fancy dribbling in the 3rd minute, Roy De Witte managed to get in a good position for a shot. Club de la Serpiente's supporters rose to their feet, but Roy De Witte was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Billy Bolin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The crowd rose to their feet as Herbert Sellberg kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Santo Cayo. That made the score 1-0 in the 5 minute of play. Billy Bolin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dé Santos in the 8th minute of play. When Fred Jakobsson fell near the penalty area in the 14th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored White Hart Lane's protests and gave Fred Jakobsson a yellow card for diving instead. Billy Bolin came out of the goal in the 18th minute to try and stop a shot by Club de la Serpiente's Dé Santos. But to his dismay, Dé Santos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Billy Bolin came out of the goal in the 31st minute to try and stop a shot by Club de la Serpiente's Roy De Witte. But to his dismay, Roy De Witte quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. In the 38th minute, Venancio Harriet ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Billy Bolin was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. Billy Bolin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Clemente Shantala, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. In the 45th minute, Dick Wennerberg 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. Billy Bolin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Venancio Harriet in the 47th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Dé Santos to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Venancio Harriet got free with Billy Bolin in the 51st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 53 minutes of play, Club de la Serpiente's Roy De Witte made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Billy Bolin was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 58th minute, Club de la Serpiente's Clemente Shantala dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-5. Clemente Shantala fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Billy Bolin having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 68 minutes, Venancio Harriet took a quick shot and it went in 1-6 without a chance for Billy Bolin to make any attempt to save it. Roy De Witte scored 1-7 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Billy Bolin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The supporters of Club de la Serpiente booed when White Hart Lane was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Torgny Bock didn't get a good kick on the ball. Roy De Witte fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Billy Bolin having to interfere. 77 minutes into the game, Fritz Arvidsson was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. White Hart Lane's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Club de la Serpiente the free kick. In the 77th minute, Fritz Arvidsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 78 minutes into the match, Club de la Serpiente's Clemente Shantala broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. With a little luck, White Hart Lane's Billy Bolin got control of the ball when Venancio Harriet tried to sneak it across the goal line. A hard shot 82 in the game by Dé Santos from a close distance when the talented Billy Bolin managed to make a qualified save. White Hart Lane's players were relieved. Through an outstanding action, after 82 minutes, Billy Bolin successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Clemente Shantala sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. White Hart Lane's defense didn't have a chance, in the 87th minute, when Venancio Harriet scored to the left of an out of position Billy Bolin, making the score, 1-8. Billy Bolin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Venancio Harriet went, in the 95th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-9 was the resulting score. Club de la Serpiente's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.