U23 World League

Merengues Aires Puro
Spectators: 8094 (Terracing: 6072, Seating: 1861, VIP seats: 161) In the 3rd minute, André Törnkvist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Glentown FC's Olov Ahlquist proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Glentown FC from getting a goal against them. LA LUZ F.C. were furious when José Luis Pintos Saldanha was red carded, 5 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After 5 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for LA LUZ F.C.! LA LUZ F.C.:s Javier Enol showed great skill when he stopped Henry Eriksson:s penalty. 7 minutes into the game, Glentown FC's Henry Eriksson nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Javier Enol made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Javier Enol showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ralf Fransson in the 12th minute of the match. Jonatan Aspvik's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Javier Enol read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 15th minute of play. In the 16th minute, Jonatan Aspvik ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Javier Enol was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Andrés Torres hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cornelio Guillen during the 24th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Glentown FC booed when LA LUZ F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cornelio Guillen didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Ralf Fransson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Javier Enol was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ralf Fransson in the 34th minute of play forced LA LUZ F.C.'s goalkeeper Javier Enol to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jonatan Aspvik took the ball and in the 37 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Javier Enol. Javier Enol dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. 40 minutes into the game, Glentown FC's Jonatan Aspvik nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Javier Enol made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Javier Enol took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ralf Fransson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jonatan Aspvik was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st match minute, Glentown FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonatan Aspvik to maneuver through the defense. 52 minutes into the match, Glentown FC's goal looked a bit too open when Patricio Sal came free, but Olov Ahlquist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 70th minute Ralf Fransson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Javier Enol saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Glentown FC booed when LA LUZ F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patricio Sal didn't get a good kick on the ball. LA LUZ F.C.'s Javier Enol proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save LA LUZ F.C. from getting a goal against them. LA LUZ F.C.'s Javier Enol played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonatan Aspvik in the 81st minute of play. 85 minutes into the match, Glentown FC's Jonatan Aspvik sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Javier Enol narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Patricio Sal scored 1-5 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Olov Ahlquist, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 92nd match minute, LA LUZ F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ruben Salbatore to maneuver through the defense. If Ralf Fransson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Patricio Sal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Glentown FC'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.