U21 World League

Estadio Santa Gala
Spectators: 7483 (Terracing: 5614, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Christian Halstensen kicked off to start the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Teodosio Lain kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Kenneth Friis. That made the score 1-0 in the 6 minute of play. In the 12th minute, Sixto Tristan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tiburones Rojos fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. In the 16th minute, Gaudencio Salomone reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Kenneth Friis. The goal made the score 3-0. Feliberto Argina hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. In the 24th minute Christian Halstensen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Guifre Eguilaz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kenneth Friis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teodosio Lain in the 30th minute of the match. Tiburones Rojos were awarded a corner in the 32th minute after Rakkestad IF's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Saul Sugar took the corner. Guifre Eguilaz came out of the goal in the 44th minute to try and stop a shot by Rakkestad IF's Otto Klepp. But to his dismay, Otto Klepp quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Teodosio Lain made a kick off. Christoffer Stormyr sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 55th match minute, Rakkestad IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christian Halstensen to maneuver through the defense. Guifre Eguilaz made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Otto Klepp sent off a good shot on target. Guifre Eguilaz was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Christian Halstensen showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-2 in the 63 minute of play. After 69 played minutes Rakkestad IF got a freekick which was hit by Linus Todal. In the 72nd minute Teodosio Lain shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kenneth Friis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Teodosio Lain received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Kenneth Friis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 76th minute Teodosio Lain shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kenneth Friis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 78th match minute, Tiburones Rojos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sixto Tristan to maneuver through the defense. In the 80th match minute, Tiburones Rojos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Esteve Dimas to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Rakkestad IF getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Jeppe Benjaminsen hit a great ball. Guifre Eguilaz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Otto Klepp, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. After 88 minutes of play, Tiburones Rojos's Sixto Tristan made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kenneth Friis was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 92nd minute, Teodosio Lain got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Feliberto Argina charged in rather forcefully in the 95th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Feliberto Argina the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Tiburones Rojos were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Rakkestad IF for a fine match.