U23 World League

El Coloso
Spectators: 7568 (Terracing: 5677, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 151) Ted Pilgren started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Pär Bergman's late challenge caught a Ullún's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pär Bergman helped the player get up and apologised. Fredrik Almqvist made an important save on a dangerous shot by Santiago Efren in the 6th minute. In the 9th minute, Sebastian Bolin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Roman Bento was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 12th minute, Joar Ahlrot hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fredrik Almqvist was out of position in the 15 minute of play, and Hector Medardo capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Hector Medardo really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. Santiago Efren came free with the goalkeeper in the 22nd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Fredrik Almqvist could save by the left post. A collision led to Mellansels stationsgäng getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Bengt-Åke Caspersson hit a great ball. Mellansels stationsgäng's Fredrik Almqvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fernando Clis in the 23rd minute of play. Fredrik Almqvist came out of the goal in the 25th minute to try and stop a shot by Ullún's Fernando Clis. But to his dismay, Fernando Clis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. In the 34th minute, Ullún's Alfredo Urdaspal ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Fredrik Almqvist. Fredrik Almqvist yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-1. Fredrik Almqvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alfredo Urdaspal, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. 41 minutes into the match, Mellansels stationsgäng's goalkeeper Fredrik Almqvist had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Esteban Salamon. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernando Clis in the 42nd minute of play forced Mellansels stationsgäng's goalkeeper Fredrik Almqvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fredrik Almqvist didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 44th minute, which inside left pole to 4-1. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-1 at half-time.

In the 53rd minute, Mellansels stationsgäng's Sune Beckström ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Roman Bento. Roman Bento yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-2. Fredrik Almqvist didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Esteban Salamon went, in the 56th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-2 was the resulting score. Ted Pilgren received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Roman Bento tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alexander Forsberg took the ball and in the 61 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Roman Bento. Roman Bento dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-3. In the 63rd minute, Ted Pilgren hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fernando Clis took the ball and in the 64 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fredrik Almqvist. Fredrik Almqvist dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-3. A collision led to Mellansels stationsgäng getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Nils Pihlblad hit a great ball. Fredrik Almqvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fernando Clis, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Per-Olof Pihl kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. After some careless play in the Mellansels stationsgäng defense, Hector Medardo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fredrik Almqvist. The Mellansels stationsgäng fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fredrik Almqvist should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Fernando Clis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fredrik Almqvist was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. 80 minutes into the match, Fernando Clis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fredrik Almqvist. Mellansels stationsgäng's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fernando Clis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-4. The supporters of Ullún booed when Mellansels stationsgäng was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sune Beckström didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fernando Clis took the ball and in the 90 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fredrik Almqvist. Fredrik Almqvist dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 9-4. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sebastian Bolin got free with Roman Bento in the 94th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Ullún had won after a very even match.