U23 World League

Valla Arena
Spectators: 7359 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 100) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ulrik Torstensson started the match with the kick off. Majadita FC were awarded a corner in the 3th minute after Valla Fc's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Agustin Orlondon took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Valla Fc's goalie and right to Lucio Marques. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Valla Fc's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 12th minute Peter Töpfer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniel Benvido saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mateo Abechuco hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. After 22 played minutes Valla Fc got a freekick which was hit by Peter Töpfer. A sloppy throw-in by Americo Rey in the 25th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Valla Fc's Tor-Ivar Kalland. In the 32nd minute Mateo Abechuco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Niklas Vallander saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Augusto Jaunzuria during the 35th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Augusto Jaunzuria kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. 37 minutes into the match, Peter Töpfer notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Majadita FC's Daniel Benvido. Daniel Benvido was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 43rd match minute, Valla Fc was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Peter Töpfer to maneuver through the defense. Niklas Vallander showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gerardo Urti, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Niklas Vallander showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mateo Abechuco, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. 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 Augusto Jaunzuria made a kick off. Niklas Vallander showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Augusto Jaunzuria in the 51st minute of the match. In the 53rd minute, Gerardo Urti reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Niklas Vallander. The goal made the score 1-1. After some careless play in the Majadita FC defense, Peter Töpfer kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Daniel Benvido. The Majadita FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Daniel Benvido should have stopped the shot. In the 61st minute, Kevin Nykvist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gerardo Urti got free with Niklas Vallander in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Daniel Benvido didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tor-Ivar Kalland went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. In the 66th match minute, Valla Fc was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Per-Olof Wennerberg to maneuver through the defense. In the 67th minute, Augusto Jaunzuria 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. Ulrik Torstensson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Daniel Benvido tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mateo Abechuco could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Niklas Vallander made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Agustin Orlondon got free with Niklas Vallander in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Valla Fc getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Tor-Ivar Kalland hit a great ball. Valla Fc's Niklas Vallander proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save Valla Fc from getting a goal against them. 95 minutes had been played when some careless play by Majadita FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Grigore Posteucă was slow to take the kick. During this time Valla Fc's players had a chance to rest.