U18 World League

3H Arena
Spectators: 7563 (Terracing: 5673, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) Clube Esportivo Saudade's Eleodoro Cayuela 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. After 2 minutes, Celso Leon mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Clube Esportivo Saudade and the Hawelka Himalayan High players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 2nd minute, Celso Leon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hawelka Himalayan High were awarded a corner in the 4th minute after Clube Esportivo Saudade's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Alexander Magnusson took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Alexander Magnusson got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Machado Nieto quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The supporters of Hawelka Himalayan High booed when Clube Esportivo Saudade was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adelio Solana didn't get a good kick on the ball. 8 minutes into the game, Hawelka Himalayan High's Tom Larsfält nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Machado Nieto made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. After a rather tough play, Hawelka Himalayan High's Felix Johansson got a free kick in the 11th minute. In the 13th minute, Gottfrid Almkvist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Eleodoro Cayuela's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Leo Sjöberg was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. Machado Nieto was out of position in the 25 minute of play, and Gottfrid Almkvist capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Gottfrid Almkvist really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. 28 minutes into the game, Gottfrid Almkvist cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Machado Nieto was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After having played for 31 minutes, Gottfrid Almkvist managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hawelka Himalayan High's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gottfrid Almkvist was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After having played for 33 minutes, Paulin Canosa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Clube Esportivo Saudade's supporters crossed their fingers, but Paulin Canosa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 38 minutes into the game, Måns Rosen was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Hawelka Himalayan High's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Clube Esportivo Saudade the free kick. A collision led to Hawelka Himalayan High getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Måns Rosen hit a great ball. Txomin Suarez was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 39th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. In the 40th match minute, Hawelka Himalayan High was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nils Matsson to maneuver through the defense. Gottfrid Almkvist sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gottfrid Almkvist was the one to do the kick off. Måns Rosen was shown his second yellow card after 52 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Måns Rosen hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Eleodoro Cayuela sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Paulin Canosa might have been able to make a better finish in the 56th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Leo Sjöberg. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Paulin Canosa ran back to his position shaking his head. In the last second Leo Sjöberg throw himself and got hold of the ball when Eleodoro Cayuela in the 61stth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. If Eleodoro Cayuela had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rudolf Hellgren made in the 87th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Felix Johansson. Machado Nieto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Johansson in the 89th minute of the match. If Felix Johansson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.