U18 World League

Valleslona Arena
Spectators: 7623 (Terracing: 5718, Seating: 1753, VIP seats: 152) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rafa Nadal made the kick off which started today's match. Lars-Erik Wall came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by Valleslona F.C.'s Rafa Nadal. But to his dismay, Rafa Nadal quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Lars-Erik Wall was a little too slow when Urtsin Herrera got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 8th minute. The score was now 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafa Nadal in the 11th minute of play forced Norrlands Athen's goalkeeper Lars-Erik Wall to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Roger Kämpe came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Norrlands Athen fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Roger Kämpe couldn't finish the play. The supporters of Valleslona F.C. booed when Norrlands Athen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rune Falkrans didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lars-Erik Wall made a fantastic save in the 15th minute, when Rafa Nadal sent off a good shot on target. After 16 played minutes Norrlands Athen got a freekick which was hit by Rickard Andreasson. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rafa Nadal got free with Lars-Erik Wall in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Lars-Erik Wall made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Koldo Costa in the 31st minute of play. Thanks to some nice moves Koldo Costa could shoot a difficult shot in the 33rd minute, which Lars-Erik Wall however easily saved by the left post. Norrlands Athen's defense didn't have a chance, in the 35th minute, when Urtsin Herrera scored to the left of an out of position Lars-Erik Wall, making the score, 4-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Enzo Reyes got free with Lars-Erik Wall in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 46 played minutes Valleslona F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Belarmo Lara. Isaac Cazorla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roger Kämpe, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Roger Kämpe to make the kick off. Isaac Cazorla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roger Kämpe in the 58th minute of play. In the 61st minute, Rickard Andreasson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience held their breath when Xines Saboya in the 63rd minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Lars-Erik Wall's left hand side. In the 65th match minute, Norrlands Athen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Per-Erik Håkansson to maneuver through the defense. Josef Lundhberg made in the 67th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Rune Falkrans. In the 70th match minute, Valleslona F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Baraquiel Naranjo to maneuver through the defense. The referee felt a red card was in order, 76 minutes into the game, when Per-Erik Håkansson put in a rough tackle. Roger Kämpe hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. In the 82nd minute of the match Xines Saboya shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Lars-Erik Wall showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Norrlands Athen's Lars-Erik Wall played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Belarmo Lara in the 83rd minute of play. After having played for 88 minutes, Rickard Andreasson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Norrlands Athen's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rickard Andreasson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Michael Brodin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Isaac Cazorla tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lars-Erik Wall showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Urtsin Herrera, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. The supporters of Valleslona F.C. booed when Norrlands Athen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Oskar Björk didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 96th minute Koldo Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lars-Erik Wall saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Urtsin Herrera sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.