U23 World League

Roosgarden
Spectators: 7631 (Terracing: 5724, Seating: 1755, VIP seats: 152) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when August Mattsson took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 10th minute, Azibar Herreras hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. HEJA ESLÖV's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Alexander Törnblom in the 12th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Ion Stârcea heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. In the 22nd minute, Diegotxe Pujals hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 26 minutes into the match, HEJA ESLÖV's August Mattsson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pitin Baños narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 26th match minute, ALIANZA 1901 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ordono Garriga to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 27 minutes, August Mattsson took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Pitin Baños to make any attempt to save it. 35 minutes into the match, HEJA ESLÖV's August Mattsson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pitin Baños narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 35 minutes into the match, August Mattsson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pitin Baños. ALIANZA 1901's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that August Mattsson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. ALIANZA 1901's Pitin Baños proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save ALIANZA 1901 from getting a goal against them. Veremundo Varona's late challenge caught a HEJA ESLÖV's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Veremundo Varona helped the player get up and apologised. In the 39th match minute, ALIANZA 1901 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Veremundo Varona to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, August Mattsson managed to get in a good position for a shot. HEJA ESLÖV's supporters rose to their feet, but August Mattsson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pitin Baños breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a couple of smart ball manuevers August Mattsson in the 42nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pitin Baños saved ALIANZA 1901 from getting behind. ALIANZA 1901's Pitin Baños played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by August Mattsson in the 44th minute of play. August Mattsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pitin Baños having to interfere. After a rather tough play, ALIANZA 1901's Ordono Garriga got a free kick in the 47th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gartzi Domingo was the one to do the kick off. Gartzi Domingo hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by August Mattsson in the 57th minute of play forced ALIANZA 1901's goalkeeper Pitin Baños to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of HEJA ESLÖV booed when ALIANZA 1901 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Urre Salce didn't get a good kick on the ball. George Landin hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. When HEJA ESLÖV's August Mattsson in the 65th minute got a chance for a shot 65th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ALIANZA 1901's goalie prevented a goal. ALIANZA 1901's Pitin Baños played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by August Mattsson in the 66th minute of play. HEJA ESLÖV's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Alexander Törnblom in the 68th minute. The corner ended in Alexander Törnblom almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ALIANZA 1901's Pitin Baños did a great save. HEJA ESLÖV's August Mattsson got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Gartzi Domingo scored 2-1 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Irman Roos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Tor Ekelund blasted a shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pitin Baños having to make a save. The throw-in from Diegotxe Pujals in the 78th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by HEJA ESLÖV's Thor Åkesson. When HEJA ESLÖV's August Mattsson 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 ALIANZA 1901's goalie prevented a goal. Pitin Baños didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from August Mattsson went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. August Mattsson hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. In the 92nd minute, August Mattsson made a precise shot to the right of Pitin Baños. ALIANZA 1901's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. HEJA ESLÖV's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.