U18 World League

Estadio Sergio Llull
Spectators: 9165 (Terracing: 6875, Seating: 2108, VIP seats: 182) Zero Hedge's Bertil Åström 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, Real Llull de Reus was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pascual Gomar to maneuver through the defense. After 4 minutes of play, Zero Hedge's Alfred Österberg made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Yiyo Quintas was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a defensive mix-up in Real Llull de Reus's zone, Bertil Åström stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Yiyo Quintas came out of the goal and Bertil Åström tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfred Österberg in the 10th minute of play forced Real Llull de Reus's goalkeeper Yiyo Quintas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 15 minutes into the game, Zero Hedge's Alfred Österberg nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Yiyo Quintas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Real Llull de Reus's Yiyo Quintas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfred Österberg in the 19th minute of play. 24 minutes into the match, Real Llull de Reus's goal looked a bit too open when Alfred Österberg came free, but Yiyo Quintas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 26 played minutes Zero Hedge got a freekick which was hit by Bertil Åström. The supporters of Zero Hedge booed when Real Llull de Reus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Navarro De Pedro didn't get a good kick on the ball. 33 minutes into the match, Alfred Österberg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Yiyo Quintas. Real Llull de Reus's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alfred Österberg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Real Llull de Reus's Yiyo Quintas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bertil Åström in the 36th minute of play. Yiyo Quintas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfred Österberg in the 41st minute of the match. Yiyo Quintas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bertil Åström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nesor Maestro to make the kick off. Alfred Österberg could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 59th minute of the match, but Yiyo Quintas made a huge save. Bertil Åström fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yiyo Quintas having to interfere. In the 62nd minute, Zero Hedge's Bertil Åström dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-5. After 64 played minutes Zero Hedge got a freekick which was hit by Freddie Lindholm. Alfred Österberg's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 73rdth minute, Yiyo Quintas skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Yiyo Quintas made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Alfred Österberg sent off a good shot on target. When Alfred Österberg came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Zero Hedge fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Alfred Österberg couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfred Österberg in the 81st minute of play forced Real Llull de Reus's goalkeeper Yiyo Quintas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Zero Hedge defense, Nesor Maestro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jens-Ola Löv. The Zero Hedge fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jens-Ola Löv should have stopped the shot. Yiyo Quintas was a little too slow when Alfred Österberg got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 87th minute. The score was now 1-6. Yiyo Quintas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfred Österberg in the 91st minute of play. Zero Hedge's Dani Python got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Zero Hedge's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.