U18 World League

Gudhem
Spectators: 6714 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1714, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ramon Urbez started the match with the kick off. The supporters of Gudhem booed when El Stradivarius was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Santiago Perutxo didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 6th minute, Gudhem's Billy Dahlberg ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Alejandro Mikolas. Alejandro Mikolas yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. In the 9th minute Ramon Urbez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sverker Lindgren saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 12 minutes, Birger Rydelius mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gudhem and the El Stradivarius players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Gudhem's Birger Rydelius got a free kick in the 12th minute. 16 minutes into the match, Gudhem's goal looked a bit too open when Horacio Gonsalve came free, but Sverker Lindgren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Samuel Sundberg could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Alejandro Mikolas made a huge save. Tobias Cordearo hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. Alejandro Mikolas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Billy Dahlberg in the 21st minute. Alejandro Mikolas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Billy Dahlberg in the 28th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Folke Fribäck in the 31st minute of play forced El Stradivarius's goalkeeper Alejandro Mikolas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alejandro Mikolas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Samuel Sundberg in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 34th minute, Ramon Urbez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sverker Lindgren was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Horacio Gonsalve received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Sverker Lindgren tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 44th minute, Faustino Benvido left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The El Stradivarius fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Billy Dahlberg made a kick off. 55 minutes into the match, Folke Fribäck had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alejandro Mikolas. El Stradivarius's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Folke Fribäck was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. After some fancy dribbling in the 62nd minute, Ramon Urbez managed to get in a good position for a shot. El Stradivarius's supporters rose to their feet, but Ramon Urbez was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sverker Lindgren breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 66th match minute, El Stradivarius was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aaron Leheren to maneuver through the defense. Alejandro Mikolas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Billy Dahlberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Marciano Calisto kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. In the 86th minute, Birger Rydelius hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marciano Calisto kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. In the 93rd match minute, El Stradivarius was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Faustino Benvido to maneuver through the defense. 94 minutes into the match, El Stradivarius's goal looked a bit too open when Folke Fribäck came free, but Alejandro Mikolas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The El Stradivarius players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.