U18 World League

Estadio Pucholandia
Spectators: 7524 (Terracing: 5644, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tomás Checa got the match started through his kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Desiderio Ermengol in the 3rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tage Rang prevented the ball from getting in the gole. David Jönsson kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. In the 10th minute, Deportivo Pucho's Benicio Librado ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Tage Rang. Tage Rang yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Desiderio Ermengol in the 14th minute of play forced Nykvarn's goalkeeper Tage Rang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Nykvarn's Tage Rang got control of the ball when Eustacio Quinten tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to Deportivo Pucho getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Benicio Librado hit a great ball. After 23 played minutes Deportivo Pucho got a freekick which was hit by Anier Pirmin. 26 minutes into the match, Deportivo Pucho's goal looked a bit too open when Sigvard Juhlin came free, but Edgardo Botello reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nykvarn's Tage Rang played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Desiderio Ermengol in the 28th minute of play. David Jönsson was shown his second yellow card after 37 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After a rather tough play, Nykvarn's David Jönsson got a free kick in the 38th minute. Sigvard Juhlin blasted a shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Edgardo Botello having to make a save. Edgardo Botello showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sigvard Juhlin, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. 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. Sigvard Juhlin was the one to do the kick off. Nykvarn were furious when Bertil Söderberg was red carded, 52 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 52nd minute of the game. One of Nykvarn:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Deportivo Pucho:s goal. 58 minutes had been played when some careless play by Nykvarn's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tomás Checa was slow to take the kick. During this time Deportivo Pucho's players had a chance to rest. Eustacio Quinten made a great header on Deportivo Pucho's corner, it was just that Nykvarn's Tage Rang managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 60th minute, Tomás Checa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tage Rang was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. Tomás Checa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tage Rang having to interfere. Tage Rang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomás Checa in the 65th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Nykvarn's Evert Dusett got a free kick in the 66th minute. Desiderio Ermengol recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 68th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Conny Sundström sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tomás Checa took the ball and in the 76 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tage Rang. Tage Rang dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-0. Tage Rang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomás Checa in the 84th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomás Checa in the 88th minute of play forced Nykvarn's goalkeeper Tage Rang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 94 minutes into the match, Nykvarn's goal looked a bit too open when Eustacio Quinten came free, but Tage Rang reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Nykvarn defense, Desiderio Ermengol kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tage Rang. The Nykvarn fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tage Rang should have stopped the shot. When the referee ended the match the Deportivo Pucho players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.