U18 World League

COLOSSEUM
Spectators: 10899 (Terracing: 8175, Seating: 2507, VIP seats: 217) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Simon Gutierrez took the kick off in the first half of the match. Kjell-Arne Hultman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabriel Isusko in the 6th minute of play. Jean-Claude Van Damme sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpected shot in the 13th minute by Jean-Claude Van Damme got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. After a rather tough play, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Fabian Orlandus got a free kick in the 16th minute. If Jean-Claude Van Damme had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Casimiro Lertxun got a free kick in the 19th minute. Primitivo Tiso was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Sylvester Stallone. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alvar Kollberg in the 23rd minute of play forced Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's goalkeeper Primitivo Tiso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to MAFFIAN getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Arnold Schwarzenegger hit a great ball. A collision led to Acercate Y Patea de Lejos getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Simon Gutierrez hit a great ball. A collision led to Acercate Y Patea de Lejos getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Gabriel Isusko hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Enzo Firmo during the 39th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Enzo Firmo kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 41st minute of play forced Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's goalkeeper Primitivo Tiso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 42nd minute, Fabian Orlandus hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kjell-Arne Hultman stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gabriel Isusko's shot from short distance in the 46th minute.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jean-Claude Van Damme was the one to do the kick off. MAFFIAN's Kjell-Arne Hultman proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save MAFFIAN from getting a goal against them. Kjell-Arne Hultman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gabriel Isusko in the 61st minute of the match. Teo Karmel hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. MAFFIAN's Carl Berglund was substituted for Elliott Beckeman. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Felix Urbes was substituted for Fabian Orlandus. MAFFIAN's Emanuel Lööf was substituted for Michael Klack. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos made a substitution. Mariano Lidon replaced Nereo Gamus. After 64 played minutes Acercate Y Patea de Lejos got a freekick which was hit by Teo Karmel. After a rather tough play, MAFFIAN's Arnold Schwarzenegger got a free kick in the 65th minute. After a rather tough play, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Simon Gutierrez got a free kick in the 71st minute. Simon Gutierrez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Kjell-Arne Hultman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 75th minute, Casimiro Lertxun hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 76th minute, Alvar Kollberg ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Primitivo Tiso was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. 81 minutes into the match, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Gabriel Isusko sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Kjell-Arne Hultman narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The corner led Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Casimiro Lertxun to fire away a dangerous shot which Kjell-Arne Hultman despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 88th minute, Mark Widberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. MAFFIAN were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Acercate Y Patea de Lejos for a fine match.