U18 World League

Estadio Antonio Rios
Spectators: 7469 (Terracing: 5603, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mariano Ezkerra got the match started through his kick off. Elof Josefsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mariano Ezkerra scored 1-0 in the 7th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rune Walroth, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 19th minute, Algot Lennartsson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Koffe Boys fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. With 22 minutes on the clock, Christoffer Gudmundsson commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After a rather tough play, Koffe Boys's Christoffer Gudmundsson got a free kick in the 23rd minute. In the 24th minute Leopoldo Garin managed to get in a great position but fired away a sharp shot that went outside the goal on the goalie's right hand side. It could just as well have been a goal. In the 26th minute Johan Uter shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ladislao Faro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 28 minutes into the game, Adam Stenqvist was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Koffe Boys's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Gloria Verdinegra AFC the free kick. After 29 played minutes Gloria Verdinegra AFC got a freekick which was hit by Leonides Rayman. Algot Lennartsson hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Sebastian Toro made in the 33rd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Mariano Ezkerra immediately put the ball in play. In the 34thth minute of the game Mariano Ezkerra who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Koffe Boys's Rune Walroth was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Rune Walroth made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leopoldo Garin in the 37th minute of play. Rune Walroth made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Leonides Rayman sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mariano Ezkerra got free with Rune Walroth in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Marcus Bergendahl to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st match minute, Koffe Boys was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Georg Vallengren to maneuver through the defense. When Gloria Verdinegra AFC's Mariano Ezkerra in the 53rd minute got a chance for a shot 53rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Koffe Boys's goalie prevented a goal. When Koffe Boys's Marcus Bergendahl in the 58th minute got a chance for a shot 58th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Gloria Verdinegra AFC's goalie prevented a goal. Abelardo Michael took the ball and in the 62 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rune Walroth. Rune Walroth dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Rune Walroth didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Abelardo Michael went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Gloria Verdinegra AFC's Ladislao Faro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save Gloria Verdinegra AFC from getting a goal against them. Rune Walroth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariano Ezkerra in the 74th minute of the match. Ladislao Faro came out of the goal in the 76th minute to try and stop a shot by Koffe Boys's Johan Uter. But to his dismay, Johan Uter quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. The long shot by Elof Josefsson in the 80th minute really tested Ladislao Faro'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. Gloria Verdinegra AFC's Ladislao Faro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save Gloria Verdinegra AFC from getting a goal against them. In the 85th minute Leonides Rayman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rune Walroth saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 90th minute, Marcus Bergendahl reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ladislao Faro. The goal made the score 3-3. Gloria Verdinegra AFC's Ladislao Faro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcus Bergendahl in the 94th minute of play. Koffe Boys succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Gloria Verdinegra AFC had controlled the match.