U18 World League

Stephen A Smith IP
Spectators: 7518 (Terracing: 5639, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Fabian Jonsson started the match with the kick off. Jacobo Qwinton made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wictor Hamnberg in the 5th minute of play. Jacobo Qwinton was a little too slow when Wictor Hamnberg got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 6th minute. The score was now 1-0. After 11 played minutes, No vino el 5's Narciso Quinten shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Mats Eckegren came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in No vino el 5 reached it. Fabian Jonsson kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. After 13 played minutes, No vino el 5's Narciso Quinten shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Mats Eckegren came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in No vino el 5 reached it. Jacobo Qwinton showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wictor Hamnberg in the 15th minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 18 minutes, Jacobo Qwinton successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Jacobo Qwinton made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wictor Hamnberg in the 20th minute of play. Mats Eckegren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodolfo Orlanda in the 23rd minute of the match. After 29 played minutes, No vino el 5's Narciso Quinten shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Mats Eckegren came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in No vino el 5 reached it. In the 33rd minute Narciso Quinten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mats Eckegren saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. No vino el 5's Rodolfo Orlanda got a good chance for a goal in the 42nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabian Jonsson in the 45th minute of play forced No vino el 5's goalkeeper Jacobo Qwinton to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wictor Hamnberg could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 46th minute of the match, but Jacobo Qwinton made a huge save. In the 48th minute, Calle Fransson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 49 played minutes, No vino el 5's Godfredo Hever shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Mats Eckegren came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in No vino el 5 reached it. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The wind increased when Rodolfo Orlanda made the kick off in the second half. Mats Eckegren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodolfo Orlanda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mats Eckegren made an important save on a dangerous shot by Narciso Quinten in the 59th minute. A collision led to No vino el 5 getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Horacio Pinto hit a great ball. In the 63rd minute of the match Hans Uter sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jacobo Qwinton skillfully saved the ball. Jacobo Qwinton showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabian Jonsson in the 64th minute of the match. No vino el 5's Narciso Quinten got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Horacio Pinto could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Mats Eckegren made a huge save. Fabian Jonsson scored 2-0 in the 78th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jacobo Qwinton, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The supporters of FC Wingspan booed when No vino el 5 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Horacio Pinto didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 87th minute, Inge Granqvist left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Wingspan fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. FC Wingspan's Mats Eckegren played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodolfo Orlanda in the 97th minute of play.