U18 World League

Neverland Ranch
Spectators: 7826 (Terracing: 5871, Seating: 1799, VIP seats: 156) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Folke Alebäck got the match started through his kick off. Federico Pinto was a little too slow when Folke Alebäck got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 6th minute. The score was now 1-0. Folke Alebäck's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 9thth minute, Federico Pinto skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 10th match minute, Barsa FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcelino Idacio to maneuver through the defense. After 12 minutes, Kjell Deckberg mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Kurdish Warriors and the Barsa FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, FC Kurdish Warriors's Kjell Deckberg got a free kick in the 12th minute. After 15th play minutes Zeledon Marin shot 1-1, a short shot which went by Georg Spetz and just under the crossbar into goal. Federico Pinto was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Henrik Tinglöf showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 18 minute of play. If Isidoro Barto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 27th match minute, Barsa FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zeledon Marin to maneuver through the defense. After 28 played minutes FC Kurdish Warriors got a freekick which was hit by Eskil Alkvist. Georg Spetz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Isidoro Barto's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. Barsa FC's Federico Pinto proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Barsa FC from getting a goal against them. 34 minutes into the game, Barsa FC's Zeledon Marin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Georg Spetz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. Zeledon Marin took the ball and in the 36 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Georg Spetz. Georg Spetz dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-3. Georg Spetz came out of the goal in the 39th minute to try and stop a shot by Barsa FC's Isidoro Barto. But to his dismay, Isidoro Barto quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-4. The audience thought a goal was coming when Folke Alebäck got free with Federico Pinto in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Disappointed in the 3-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zeledon Marin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Segundo Clis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 53rd minute, German Manny hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 54 minutes into the match, Barsa FC's goal looked a bit too open when Bertil Byström came free, but Federico Pinto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Barsa FC fans' excitement grew in the 57th match minute when Barsa FC's Zeledon Marin looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-5 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 64th minute Bertil Byström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Federico Pinto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Barsa FC getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Fermin Caton hit a great ball. In the 69th play minute Zeledon Marin came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Georg Spetz. 3-6. After 73 minutes, Eskil Alkvist mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Kurdish Warriors and the Barsa FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 73rd minute, Eskil Alkvist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Federico Pinto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Folke Alebäck in the 80th minute of play. Federico Pinto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Folke Alebäck in the 82nd minute of play. After 85 played minutes FC Kurdish Warriors got a freekick which was hit by Lars Trulsson. 90 minutes into the match, Segundo Clis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Georg Spetz. FC Kurdish Warriors's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Segundo Clis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-7. The crowd rose to their feet as Zeledon Marin kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Georg Spetz. That made the score 3-8 in the 95 minute of play. The Barsa FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Barsa FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.