U23 World League

War Memorial Stadium
Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) Wyoming Cowboys's Edwin McNamara started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. If Edwin McNamara had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jeremias Marko during the 6th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to DREAM TEAM WORLD getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Jeremias Marko hit a great ball. In the 7th minute, Eduardo Chayo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Edwin McNamara came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the Wyoming Cowboys fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Edwin McNamara couldn't finish the play. Denis Soin blasted a shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Philip McNamara having to make a save. Philip McNamara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Denis Soin in the 11th minute of the match. A collision led to DREAM TEAM WORLD getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Jeremias Marko hit a great ball. Denis Soin struck a weak shot in the 20th minute. Philip McNamara didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for DREAM TEAM WORLD. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bennvar Ben got free with Amado Ogazón in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. DREAM TEAM WORLD's Jeremias Marko got his second yellow card of the match in the 32nd minute. The referee ordered Jeremias Marko off the ground. After a rather tough play, DREAM TEAM WORLD's Jeremias Marko got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Amado Ogazón was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Nils McNamara showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 38 minute of play. Amado Ogazón made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eskil Larsson in the 43rd minute of play. In the 45th minute of the match, Eskil Larsson tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Amado Ogazón saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Ivar Eklund got a throw-in 47 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Eskil Larsson. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Denis Soin to make the kick off. DREAM TEAM WORLD's attentive Bonifacio Mitxaut managed to snatch the ball when Leif Jespersson made a throw-in in the 52nd minute of the game. After 56 played minutes DREAM TEAM WORLD got a freekick which was hit by Bonifacio Mitxaut. After 63 minutes, Ivar Eklund made it 4-0 with a short kick to the right side. DREAM TEAM WORLD's Amado Ogazón tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Amado Ogazón showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edwin McNamara, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. 67 minutes had been played when some careless play by DREAM TEAM WORLD's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Edwin McNamara was slow to take the kick. During this time Wyoming Cowboys's players had a chance to rest. Denis Soin 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. In the 73rd minute, Denis Soin fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Philip McNamara, passed just outside the right post. Eskil Larsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amado Ogazón having to interfere. Eduardo Chayo's late challenge caught a Wyoming Cowboys's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eduardo Chayo helped the player get up and apologised. In the 80th minute, Eduardo Chayo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Denis Soin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 83rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. DREAM TEAM WORLD's Amado Ogazón played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sven Billock in the 85th minute of play. Eskil Larsson scored 5-0 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Amado Ogazón, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Wyoming Cowboys walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.