U21 World League

Thunderdome
Spectators: 7472 (Terracing: 5605, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ingvar Sjögren took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute Ingvar Sjögren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ireno Arratia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ReyPoxo's Ireno Arratia proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save ReyPoxo from getting a goal against them. 5 minutes into the game, Vykans Vikingar's Jens Hafström nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ireno Arratia made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. In the 13th minute, Vykans Vikingar's Jim Kjellberg ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ireno Arratia. Ireno Arratia yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-0. Jens Hafström lost his temper 16 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. 16 minutes into the game, one of Vykans Vikingar:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 18th minute there was a penalty for ReyPoxo. Urbasa Salgado stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Anusruta Penisson. 3-1. Ireno Arratia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jim Kjellberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. In the 26th minute, Kalle Deckbergh reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ireno Arratia. The goal made the score 4-1. With a little luck, ReyPoxo's Ireno Arratia got control of the ball when Jim Kjellberg tried to sneak it across the goal line. Anusruta Penisson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xicu Teruel in the 34th minute of play. Folke Örnberg's late challenge caught a ReyPoxo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Folke Örnberg helped the player get up and apologised. In the 38th match minute, Vykans Vikingar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Folke Örnberg to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Jonasson charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jonathan Jonasson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 44 played minutes Vykans Vikingar got a freekick which was hit by Jonathan Jonasson. In the 47th minute, Erik Ring hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. ReyPoxo's Urbasa Salgado got a good chance for a goal in the 48th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Xicu Teruel stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Anusruta Penisson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xicu Teruel in the 54th minute of the match. After 55 minutes, Ingvar Sjögren mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Vykans Vikingar and the ReyPoxo players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 55th match minute, Vykans Vikingar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ingvar Sjögren to maneuver through the defense. Urbasa Salgado lost his temper 61 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 62nd minute of the match Alexander Milošević shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ireno Arratia showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Ireno Arratia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kalle Deckbergh, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 72nd minute, Quinton Pais hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ireno Arratia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kalle Deckbergh, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 76th minute, Kalle Deckbergh ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ireno Arratia was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-1. Ingvar Sjögren made in the 84th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Kalle Deckbergh immediately put the ball in play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kalle Deckbergh in the 87th minute of play forced ReyPoxo's goalkeeper Ireno Arratia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 89 minutes into the match, ReyPoxo's goal looked a bit too open when Kalle Deckbergh came free, but Ireno Arratia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Máximo Vadillos fell near the penalty area in the 90th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ReyPoxo's protests and gave Máximo Vadillos a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Vykans Vikingar booed when ReyPoxo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Máximo Vadillos didn't get a good kick on the ball. ReyPoxo's Ireno Arratia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kalle Deckbergh in the 95th minute of play. In the 96th minute, Per Kaxe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Vykans Vikingar had won after a very even match.