U18 World League

PAJARRACO NEST
Spectators: 7444 (Terracing: 5584, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Enrique Azuela kicked off to start the match. After a defensive mix-up in PAJARRACO FC's zone, Karl-Axel Gustavsson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Xaven Madama came out of the goal and Karl-Axel Gustavsson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 5 minutes into the match, PAJARRACO FC's goal looked a bit too open when Karl-Axel Gustavsson came free, but Xaven Madama reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arne Blomqvist made an important save on a dangerous shot by Valerio Ezquierdo in the 10th minute. The audience was convinced that Enrique Azuela's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arne Blomqvist was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. Xaven Madama showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan-Olof Duset in the 20th minute of the match. Valerio Ezquierdo might have been able to make a better finish in the 22nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Arne Blomqvist. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Valerio Ezquierdo ran back to his position shaking his head. Valerio Ezquierdo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. PAJARRACO FC's Xaven Madama played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ingemar Larsson in the 26th minute of play. In the 28th match minute, PAJARRACO FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valerio Ezquierdo to maneuver through the defense. In the 29th minute, Verner Grönlund 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. In the 37th minute, one of PAJARRACO FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for PAJARRACO FC. PAJARRACO FC:s Xaven Madama showed great skill when he stopped Sixten Zachrisson:s penalty. In the 39th minute, Sixten Zachrisson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Xaven Madama was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Don Verga hit a great freekick 48 minutes into the match. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ingemar Larsson was the one to do the kick off. Arne Blomqvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Enrique Azuela in the 53rd minute of play. A collision led to PAJARRACO FC getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Julio Acevez hit a great ball. Enrique Azuela sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, MaLe FC's Sixten Zachrisson got a free kick in the 77th minute. A collision led to MaLe FC getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Sixten Zachrisson hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paolo Olveira in the 80th minute of play forced MaLe FC's goalkeeper Arne Blomqvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sverker Fanström hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. In the 93rd minute, Xan Ben ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Arne Blomqvist was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. PAJARRACO FC succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though MaLe FC had controlled the match.