U18 World League

Diego A. Maradona
Spectators: 7829 (Terracing: 5873, Seating: 1800, VIP seats: 156) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Otto Björck made the kick off which started today's match. With his leg Marcus Persson managed to avoid a goal in the 4thth minute, when LTA FC's Ariel Cisco fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Lukas Ekström's late challenge caught a LTA FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lukas Ekström helped the player get up and apologised. Lukas Ekström hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. The supporters of BK Gubbhöft booed when LTA FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lázaro Ayala didn't get a good kick on the ball. Roberto Oliverio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christian Högberg in the 11th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in LTA FC's zone, Otto Björck stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Roberto Oliverio came out of the goal and Otto Björck tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 13 played minutes BK Gubbhöft got a freekick which was hit by Oscar Hermansson. After 15 played minutes BK Gubbhöft got a freekick which was hit by Måns Askelöf. In the 15th minute Genaro Iliana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcus Persson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zeledon Orlanda scored 1-0 in the 21st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcus Persson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 29 played minutes BK Gubbhöft got a freekick which was hit by Rune Jansson. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ariel Cisco got free with Marcus Persson in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Roberto Oliverio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jens-Åke Wennerquist in the 34th minute of play. In the 37th minute, Ariel Cisco left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The LTA FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Marcus Persson was a little too slow when Genaro Iliana got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 40th minute. The score was now 3-0. Rune Jansson hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. In the 45th minute, LTA FC's Lázaro Ayala ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Marcus Persson. Marcus Persson yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-0. 47 minutes into the game, Zeledon Orlanda cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Marcus Persson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lázaro Ayala to make the kick off. Marcus Persson came out of the goal in the 54th minute to try and stop a shot by LTA FC's Genaro Iliana. But to his dismay, Genaro Iliana quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. Gabriel Strandberg hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Jens-Åke Wennerquist received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Roberto Oliverio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marcus Persson came out of the goal in the 67th minute to try and stop a shot by LTA FC's Genaro Iliana. But to his dismay, Genaro Iliana quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-0. A collision led to BK Gubbhöft getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Jens-Åke Wennerquist hit a great ball. Marcus Persson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zeledon Orlanda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. LTA FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Genaro Iliana in the 77th minute. Genaro Iliana made a great header on LTA FC's corner, it was just that BK Gubbhöft's Marcus Persson managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 78th match minute, BK Gubbhöft was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Måns Askelöf to maneuver through the defense. After 79 played minutes, LTA FC's Genaro Iliana shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Marcus Persson came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in LTA FC reached it. 81 minutes into the game, LTA FC's Hipolito Batista nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marcus Persson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 8-0. 87 minutes into the game, LTA FC's Lázaro Ayala nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marcus Persson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 9-0. In the 94th match minute, LTA FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gonzalo Txema to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Otto Björck managed to get in a good position for a shot. BK Gubbhöft's supporters rose to their feet, but Otto Björck was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Roberto Oliverio breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Roberto Oliverio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Otto Björck, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. LTA FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.