U18 World League

Polcirkel Arena
Spectators: 7745 (Terracing: 5810, Seating: 1781, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tomas Jonasson made the kick off which started today's match. Bengt-Rune Glanselius took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sindo Fernandez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 7th minute, Juoksengi's Paul Bock seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Paul Bock the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Juoksengi protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Paul Bock had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Bengt-Rune Glanselius took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from García Salgado, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Neron Gibert showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paul Örn in the 11th minute of the match. ALPUJARRAS LIBRE's Neron Gibert proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save ALPUJARRAS LIBRE from getting a goal against them. If Curro Huarte had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Neron Gibert didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Paul Örn went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. 28 minutes into the match, ALPUJARRAS LIBRE's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Jonasson came free, but Neron Gibert reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 30 played minutes, Juoksengi's Johannes Viberg shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Neron Gibert 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 Juoksengi reached it. Antxoka Abancens hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. In the 32nd minute of the match Johannes Viberg shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Neron Gibert showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Curro Moreno hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. ALPUJARRAS LIBRE's Neron Gibert proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save ALPUJARRAS LIBRE from getting a goal against them. Breixo Aznar kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. In the 42nd minute of the match Alvin Berglund sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Neron Gibert skillfully saved the ball. In the 47th match minute, Juoksengi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Johannes Viberg to maneuver through the defense. García Salgado took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 48th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Bengt-Rune Glanselius. Juoksengi's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line.

Alvin Berglund charged in rather forcefully in the 53rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alvin Berglund the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The long shot by García Salgado in the 54th minute really tested Bengt-Rune Glanselius's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Johannes Viberg's late challenge caught a ALPUJARRAS LIBRE's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Johannes Viberg helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Juoksengi's Johannes Viberg got a free kick in the 60th minute. After 61 played minutes ALPUJARRAS LIBRE got a freekick which was hit by Antxoka Abancens. After 62 played minutes, Juoksengi's Alvin Berglund shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Neron Gibert 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 Juoksengi reached it. In the 65th minute, Jon Hökqvist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 68th minute, Antxoka Abancens hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 69 played minutes, Juoksengi's Johannes Viberg shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Neron Gibert 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 Juoksengi reached it. Juoksengi's Paul Örn got a good chance for a goal in the 75th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 83 played minutes ALPUJARRAS LIBRE got a freekick which was hit by Antxoka Abancens. A collision led to ALPUJARRAS LIBRE getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Antxoka Abancens hit a great ball. Tomas Jonasson might have been able to make a better finish in the 87th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Neron Gibert. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomas Jonasson ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 90th minute Tomas Jonasson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Neron Gibert saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ekialde Etxeberria charged in rather forcefully in the 91st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ekialde Etxeberria the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 91st match minute, ALPUJARRAS LIBRE was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ekialde Etxeberria to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Juoksengi getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Paul Örn hit a great ball. Jerry Lund's late challenge caught a ALPUJARRAS LIBRE's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jerry Lund helped the player get up and apologised. Jerry Lund kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Juoksengi had won after a very even match.