U23 World League

Stade de la Mosson
Spectators: 7472 (Terracing: 5605, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Samurai's Mattias Smefeldt 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. In the 3rd match minute, Samurai was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Olov Bäckström to maneuver through the defense. Fredrik Bennet made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ignacio Luzea in the 4th minute of play. Ignacio Luzea kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Huckebein's Rene Goi got a free kick in the 7th minute. Huckebein's Candido Eutor proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save Huckebein from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Huckebein getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Fulgencio Milio hit a great ball. After 16 minutes of play, Huckebein's Hector Gelmiro made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fredrik Bennet was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Henry Kjellkvist fell near the penalty area in the 21st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Samurai's protests and gave Henry Kjellkvist a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Samurai getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Henry Kjellkvist hit a great ball. When Huckebein's Hector Gelmiro in the 23rd minute got a chance for a shot 23rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Samurai's goalie prevented a goal. In the 25th minute of the match Huckebein got a corner. Samurai's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Rene Goi ran over to the corner to take the kick. Candido Eutor made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Olov Bäckström sent off a good shot on target. After 28 minutes, Fernan Luzaide mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Huckebein and the Samurai players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 28th minute, Fernan Luzaide hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 37 minutes into the match, Hector Gelmiro notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Samurai's Fredrik Bennet. Fredrik Bennet was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 42 minutes into the game, Olov Bäckström was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Samurai's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Huckebein the free kick. After 42 played minutes Samurai got a freekick which was hit by Olov Bäckström. 44 minutes into the match, Hector Gelmiro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fredrik Bennet. Samurai's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hector Gelmiro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Olov Bäckström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Candido Eutor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Hector Gelmiro to strike the kick off in the second half. Fredrik Bennet came out of the goal in the 52nd minute to try and stop a shot by Huckebein's Hector Gelmiro. But to his dismay, Hector Gelmiro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. Candido Eutor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olov Bäckström in the 60th minute of play. In the 63rd minute, Mattias Smefeldt ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Candido Eutor was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-4. After a defensive mix-up in Huckebein's zone, Mattias Smefeldt stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Candido Eutor came out of the goal and Mattias Smefeldt tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Hector Gelmiro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Huckebein's supporters rose to their feet, but Hector Gelmiro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fredrik Bennet breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Huckebein's Ignacio Luzea got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 86 minutes into the match, Huckebein's goal looked a bit too open when Henry Åkerström came free, but Candido Eutor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Huckebein's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.