U18 World League

Björkö Stadion
Spectators: 7499 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mattias Markusson got the match started through his kick off. Alexis Morales received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Allan Pihl tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kalle Anselius was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 5 minutes into the match. After 4 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Björkö BK! In the 7th minute there was a penalty for Frente Revolucionario F.C. Totin Herbruger stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Allan Pihl. 0-1. In the 9th minute Francesco Orozco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Allan Pihl saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hector Dely showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Freddie Vestberg in the 17th minute of the match. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Frente Revolucionario F.C's goalie and right to Freddie Vestberg. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Frente Revolucionario F.C's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. After 25 minutes, Martín Arauz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Frente Revolucionario F.C and the Björkö BK players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 25th minute, Martín Arauz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Frente Revolucionario F.C's Andres Lozano got a free kick in the 26th minute. Björkö BK's Allan Pihl played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Francesco Orozco in the 30th minute of play. Freddie Vestberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Hector Dely tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Frente Revolucionario F.C's zone, Ulf Larsson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hector Dely came out of the goal and Ulf Larsson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mario Garcia De Paredes charged in rather forcefully in the 34th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mario Garcia De Paredes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After recieving a nice pass, Björkö BK's Karl Levander tried to score from far away in the 35th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Alex Persson might have been able to make a better finish in the 38th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hector Dely. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alex Persson ran back to his position shaking his head. After 42 minutes of play, Frente Revolucionario F.C's Andres Lozano made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Allan Pihl was left in no man's land by his defense there! The Björkö BK players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Frente Revolucionario F.C were winning 0-2.

In the 51st match minute, Björkö BK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ivan Gadd to maneuver through the defense. Alexis Morales kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. 68 minutes into the match, Frente Revolucionario F.C's Francesco Orozco sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Allan Pihl narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 69th minute, Alexis Morales reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Allan Pihl. The goal made the score 0-4. In the 74th match minute, Frente Revolucionario F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Martín Arauz to maneuver through the defense. If Alex Persson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Björkö BK's Allan Pihl proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save Björkö BK from getting a goal against them. Allan Pihl made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Rigoberto Espino sent off a good shot on target. Allan Pihl showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Francesco Orozco, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Francesco Orozco scored 0-5 in the 90th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Allan Pihl, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A hard shot by Martín Arauz from long distance, 96 minutes into the match, got Allan Pihl's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. The Björkö BK fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Frente Revolucionario F.C were clearly better and deserved to take the win.