U18 World League

Gubbvallen
Spectators: 7693 (Terracing: 5771, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) Club Deportes Santa Cruz's Clemencín Varas 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. Teodosio Cerda 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 3rd minute. 4 minutes into the game, Gabriel Strandberg was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. BK Gubbhöft's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Club Deportes Santa Cruz the free kick. In the 4th minute, Gabriel Strandberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 9 minutes into the match, Clemencín Varas notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of BK Gubbhöft's Rune Jansson. Rune Jansson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 12 minutes into the match, Gabriel Strandberg notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Club Deportes Santa Cruz's Teodosio Cerda. Teodosio Cerda was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Club Deportes Santa Cruz's Teodosio Cerda proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Club Deportes Santa Cruz from getting a goal against them. 1-2 became the score in the 19th minute when Inocencio Mosca elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 22ndth minute of the game Gabriel Strandberg who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Club Deportes Santa Cruz's Teodosio Cerda was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Club Deportes Santa Cruz's Teodosio Cerda played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gabriel Strandberg in the 24th minute of play. If Raimundo Backhouse had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 33rd minute Raimundo Backhouse shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rune Jansson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Club Deportes Santa Cruz's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sebastián Garfias in the 34th minute. A nice corner shot did that Sebastián Garfias got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Rune Jansson quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Clemencín Varas in the 38th minute of play forced BK Gubbhöft's goalkeeper Rune Jansson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Club Deportes Santa Cruz's Teodosio Cerda played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Otto Björck in the 40th minute of play. Baraquiel Livingstone kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. In the 46th minute, BK Gubbhöft's Otto Björck ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Teodosio Cerda. Teodosio Cerda yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-2. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The wind increased when Otto Björck made the kick off in the second half. Gabriel Strandberg kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. 62 minutes into the match, Club Deportes Santa Cruz's goal looked a bit too open when Christian Högberg came free, but Teodosio Cerda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 63 minutes, Christian Högberg mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the BK Gubbhöft and the Club Deportes Santa Cruz players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 81st minute, Sebastián Garfias got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The supporters of Club Deportes Santa Cruz booed when BK Gubbhöft was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Oscar Hermansson didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 85th minute, Baraquiel Livingstone hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 94 minutes, Gerónimo Alonso mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Club Deportes Santa Cruz and the BK Gubbhöft players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 94 played minutes Club Deportes Santa Cruz got a freekick which was hit by Gerónimo Alonso. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.