U18 World League

Faraway Field
Spectators: 7838 (Terracing: 5880, Seating: 1802, VIP seats: 156) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Elvio Pelagius started the match with the kick off. Cesar Hondo hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Edgar Lundin's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Aristides Poncio firmly grabbed it by the left post. Cesar Hondo charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cesar Hondo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Greger Clementsson during the 12th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Lost Boys Sports Academy's Greger Clementsson got a free kick in the 12th minute. When Javier Ritchie came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the Forever Tango 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 Javier Ritchie couldn't finish the play. 17 minutes into the match, Lost Boys Sports Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Niceto Urritz came free, but Allan Ånger reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 19th match minute, Forever Tango was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cesar Hondo to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Greger Clementsson in the 20th minute of play forced Forever Tango's goalkeeper Aristides Poncio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Forever Tango getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Cesar Hondo hit a great ball. The throw-in from Elvio Pelagius in the 27th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Lost Boys Sports Academy's Lucas Vennerberg. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edgar Lundin in the 30th minute of play forced Forever Tango's goalkeeper Aristides Poncio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 31 minutes into the match, Forever Tango's goal looked a bit too open when Greger Clementsson came free, but Aristides Poncio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edgar Lundin in the 36th minute of play forced Forever Tango's goalkeeper Aristides Poncio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 38th minute Lost Boys Sports Academy were awarded a corner. Thomas Stigsson went to the cornerflag to take it. Aristides Poncio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edgar Lundin, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. With a little luck, Forever Tango's Aristides Poncio got control of the ball when Edgar Lundin tried to sneak it across the goal line. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Greger Clementsson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 50th match minute, Forever Tango was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jimeno Nahia to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Edgar Lundin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aristides Poncio was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. Forever Tango's Aristides Poncio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edgar Lundin in the 54th minute of play. In the 56th match minute, Lost Boys Sports Academy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Esbjörn Åkesson to maneuver through the defense. Lost Boys Sports Academy's Bo Hellqvist was substituted for Karl Engström. In the 58th minute, Esbjörn Åkesson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Niceto Urritz might have been able to make a better finish in the 60th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Allan Ånger. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Niceto Urritz ran back to his position shaking his head. Allan Ånger made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Niceto Urritz sent off a good shot on target. Niceto Urritz took the ball and in the 61 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Allan Ånger. Allan Ånger dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. After 68 played minutes Lost Boys Sports Academy got a freekick which was hit by Thomas Stigsson. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, Jairo Nel managed to get in a good position for a shot. Forever Tango's supporters rose to their feet, but Jairo Nel was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Allan Ånger breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 74 played minutes Forever Tango got a freekick which was hit by Jimeno Nahia. A collision led to Forever Tango getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Eleuterio Cordeara hit a great ball. After 82 minutes Forever Tango's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Thomas Stigsson who took care of the corner kick. A well done corner resulted in Greger Clementsson drilling the ball in to score 1-1 behind Forever Tango's goalkeeper. Aristides Poncio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgar Lundin in the 89th minute of play. In the 91stth minute of the game Edgar Lundin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Forever Tango's Aristides Poncio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Conny Lindblom came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Lost Boys Sports Academy 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 Conny Lindblom couldn't finish the play. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.