U23 World League

Estadio El Gambarte
Spectators: 7541 (Terracing: 5644, Seating: 1747, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Arne Löfgren took the kick off in the first half of the match. Gösta Andreasson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rodrigo Iraunkor, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Arne Löfgren received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Luis Cheche tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rodrigo Iraunkor received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Gösta Andreasson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Arne Löfgren managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ninjas FK's supporters rose to their feet, but Arne Löfgren was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Luis Cheche breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, Leones Futbol Club's Nunez Estavan got a free kick in the 20th minute. Rodrigo Iraunkor received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Gösta Andreasson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 31 minutes, Rodrigo Iraunkor took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Gösta Andreasson to make any attempt to save it. When Lars-Erik Jakobsson fell near the penalty area in the 33rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ninjas FK's protests and gave Lars-Erik Jakobsson a yellow card for diving instead. In the 33rd minute, Lars-Erik Jakobsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gösta Andreasson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Enzo Guerriero, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Luis Cheche made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arne Löfgren in the 40th minute of play. Lars-Erik Jakobsson hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Jorden Blomme's late challenge caught a Leones Futbol Club's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jorden Blomme helped the player get up and apologised. After 45 played minutes Ninjas FK got a freekick which was hit by Jorden Blomme. In the 46th minute of the match Kasper Hellström shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Gösta Andreasson showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ove Gallberg made a kick off. Ninjas FK's Gösta Andreasson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bernardino Lano in the 54th minute of play. 56 minutes into the game, Arne Löfgren cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Luis Cheche was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Gösta Andreasson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodrigo Iraunkor in the 60th minute of the match. In the 62nd match minute, Leones Futbol Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nunez Estavan to maneuver through the defense. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 64th minute of the game. One of Ninjas FK:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Leones Futbol Club:s goal. Gösta Andreasson had in the 66thth minute some difficulties stopping Kasper Hellström's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 66 minutes into the match, Kasper Hellström notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of Ninjas FK's Gösta Andreasson. Gösta Andreasson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gösta Andreasson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ove Gallberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jorden Blomme hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Gösta Andreasson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ove Gallberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. In the 83rd match minute, Leones Futbol Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nicolás Tagliafico to maneuver through the defense. Nunez Estavan made in the 85th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Raul Dimas immediately put the ball in play. Ninjas FK's Stor Stad got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Gösta Andreasson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodrigo Iraunkor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 98 minutes of play, Leones Futbol Club's Rodrigo Iraunkor made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gösta Andreasson was left in no man's land by his defense there! It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Leones Futbol Club had played much better football throughout.