U21 World League

Gudhem
Spectators: 6717 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Billy Dahlberg got the match started through his kick off. Sverker Lindgren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rigoberto Hechter in the 2nd minute of play. 4 minutes into the match, Pedro Erramu notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Gudhem's Sverker Lindgren. Sverker Lindgren was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Herbert Lagerberg's late challenge caught a WINNING ELEVEN's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Herbert Lagerberg helped the player get up and apologised. 8 minutes into the game, Adan Francho cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Sverker Lindgren was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 11 minutes, Santos Garikoitz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the WINNING ELEVEN and the Gudhem players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to WINNING ELEVEN getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Santos Garikoitz hit a great ball. Artemio Abancens scored 0-4 in the 19th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sverker Lindgren, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 26 minutes of play, WINNING ELEVEN's Adan Francho made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sverker Lindgren was left in no man's land by his defense there! Sverker Lindgren showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Artemio Abancens, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Adan Francho took the ball and in the 34 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sverker Lindgren. Sverker Lindgren dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-7. Sverker Lindgren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artemio Abancens in the 37th minute of play. In the 39th minute Adan Francho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sverker Lindgren saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rigoberto Hechter in the 42nd minute of play forced Gudhem's goalkeeper Sverker Lindgren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 47 minutes into the game, WINNING ELEVEN's Adan Francho nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sverker Lindgren made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-8.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Adan Francho was the one to do the kick off. In the 55th minute Billy Dahlberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Feliberto Ortle saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Pedro Erramu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sverker Lindgren was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. 59 minutes in the game, Marcial Rafel fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Sverker Lindgren having to interfere. Sverker Lindgren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rigoberto Hechter in the 59th minute of play. In the 60th match minute, WINNING ELEVEN was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abelardo Raitin to maneuver through the defense. After 65 minutes, Christian Quilino mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the WINNING ELEVEN and the Gudhem players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to WINNING ELEVEN getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Christian Quilino hit a great ball. In the 66th minute Billy Dahlberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Feliberto Ortle saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 67 minutes into the match, Billy Dahlberg notched a goal, 1-8, to the right of WINNING ELEVEN's Feliberto Ortle. Feliberto Ortle was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Artemio Abancens got free with Sverker Lindgren in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sverker Lindgren was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Artemio Abancens showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-9 in the 72 minute of play. Adan Francho took the ball and in the 76 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sverker Lindgren. Sverker Lindgren dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-10. In the 79th minute Artemio Abancens shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sverker Lindgren saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rigoberto Hechter in the 82nd minute of play forced Gudhem's goalkeeper Sverker Lindgren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sverker Lindgren made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Artemio Abancens sent off a good shot on target. 84 minutes into the match, Gudhem's goal looked a bit too open when Pedro Erramu came free, but Sverker Lindgren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 88 minutes, Rigoberto Hechter took a quick shot and it went in 1-11 without a chance for Sverker Lindgren to make any attempt to save it. Gudhem's Sverker Lindgren proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to save Gudhem from getting a goal against them. Sverker Lindgren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedro Erramu in the 92nd minute of play. Feliberto Ortle took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Billy Dahlberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Feliberto Ortle took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Billy Dahlberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. WINNING ELEVEN's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.