U18 World League

Merced
Spectators: 7490 (Terracing: 5618, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nemesio Fliz started the match with the kick off. In the 8th minute, Ivar Browall ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vicente Poz was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 11 minutes into the match, AcinetobacterFC's goal looked a bit too open when Tommy Stålman came free, but Vicente Poz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of AcinetobacterFC booed when Pauliström was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Johan Larsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ivar Browall in the 20th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Vicente Poz prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Johannes Brolin in the 22nd minute of play forced AcinetobacterFC's goalkeeper Vicente Poz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Lucio Elequemedo fell near the penalty area in the 22nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored AcinetobacterFC's protests and gave Lucio Elequemedo a yellow card for diving instead. Johan Larsson hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivar Browall in the 29th minute of play forced AcinetobacterFC's goalkeeper Vicente Poz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. AcinetobacterFC's Vicente Poz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonas Jernberg in the 30th minute of play. After a rather tough play, AcinetobacterFC's Lucio Elequemedo got a free kick in the 34th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonas Jernberg in the 37th minute of play forced AcinetobacterFC's goalkeeper Vicente Poz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ivar Browall might have been able to make a better finish in the 39th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vicente Poz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ivar Browall ran back to his position shaking his head. Nemesio Fliz succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-1 in the 45th playminute.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ivar Browall stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Johannes Brolin came free with the goalkeeper in the 52nd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Vicente Poz could save by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Johan Larsson got free with Vicente Poz in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, AcinetobacterFC's Nicolas Mincho got a free kick in the 56th minute. 59 minutes into the game, Pauliström's Tommy Stålman nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Vicente Poz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. If Eusebio Vela had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Eusebio Vela's late challenge caught a Pauliström's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eusebio Vela helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to AcinetobacterFC getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Eusebio Vela hit a great ball. Through an outstanding action, after 77 minutes, Vicente Poz successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Vicente Poz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tommy Stålman in the 79th minute of the match. Vicente Poz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ivar Browall in the 87th minute. Vicente Poz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thomas Mårtensson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nemesio Fliz in the 90th minute of play forced Pauliström's goalkeeper Karl-Johan Åkerström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 93rd minute, Tommy Stålman reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Vicente Poz. The goal made the score 2-3. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ivar Browall got free with Vicente Poz in the 96th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.