U21 World League

Old Trafford
Spectators: 7552 (Terracing: 5665, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) Celestino Munio started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Tero Haakana fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucio Hernandez having to interfere. Lucio Hernandez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paavo Salmela in the 14th minute of the match. Tero Haakana recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 23rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Edgard Heriberto hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. In the 25th minute, Tero Haakana 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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Paavo Salmela in the 27th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Lucio Hernandez prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Tero Haakana could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Lucio Hernandez made a huge save. If Tero Haakana had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 2-0 became the score in the 35th minute when Tero Haakana elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 43 minutes into the match, Tero Haakana notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Nina fc's Lucio Hernandez. Lucio Hernandez was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.

The wind increased when Tero Haakana made the kick off in the second half. After 51 played minutes Nina fc got a freekick which was hit by Ciriaco Frederik. It was beautiful to see Manchester United FC's Rafael da Silva in action when he in the 53rd minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Lucio Hernandez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tero Haakana, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Paavo Salmela took the ball and in the 65 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lucio Hernandez. Lucio Hernandez dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. Paavo Salmela sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 76 minutes into the match, Nina fc's goal looked a bit too open when Paavo Salmela came free, but Lucio Hernandez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Paavo Salmela received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Lucio Hernandez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Godofredo Garci fell near the penalty area in the 80th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Nina fc's protests and gave Godofredo Garci a yellow card for diving instead. In the 80th minute, Godofredo Garci hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lucio Hernandez came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by Manchester United FC's Paavo Salmela. But to his dismay, Paavo Salmela quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. 95 minutes into the match, Paavo Salmela had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lucio Hernandez. Nina fc's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Paavo Salmela was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Manchester United FC had played much better football throughout.