U23 World League

Estadio Sergio Llull
Spectators: 7784 (Terracing: 5839, Seating: 1790, VIP seats: 155) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Arnold Stark started the match with the kick off. Arnold Stark blasted a shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without León Gala having to make a save. León Gala showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnold Stark in the 3rd minute of the match. After 6 minutes, Lancelot Astudillo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Real Llull de Reus and the Elmtaryd Agunnaryd players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Real Llull de Reus's Lancelot Astudillo got a free kick in the 6th minute. Arnold Stark sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Raul Antón in the 12th minute of play forced Elmtaryd Agunnaryd's goalkeeper Daniel Viklund to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 12 minutes into the match, Elmtaryd Agunnaryd's goal looked a bit too open when Raul Antón came free, but Daniel Viklund reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 15th minute Arnold Stark shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but León Gala saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. León Gala took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arnold Stark, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Real Llull de Reus's zone, Arnold Stark stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. León Gala came out of the goal and Arnold Stark tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 21 minutes into the match, Real Llull de Reus's goal looked a bit too open when Ettah Kaká came free, but León Gala reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 22 minutes into the match, Elmtaryd Agunnaryd's Arnold Stark sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that León Gala narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 25 minutes into the match, Ettah Kaká had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of León Gala. Real Llull de Reus's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ettah Kaká was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After 30 minutes of play, Elmtaryd Agunnaryd's Arnold Stark made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. León Gala was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Ettah Kaká in the 33rd minute of play forced Real Llull de Reus's goalkeeper León Gala to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arnold Stark scored 0-3 in the 35th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of León Gala, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. León Gala stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Arnold Stark's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. Lancelot Astudillo kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

After 50 played minutes Elmtaryd Agunnaryd got a freekick which was hit by Michael Svanberg. León Gala made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arnold Stark in the 55th minute of play. In the 56th minute, Arnold Stark ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. León Gala was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Madaleno Garrido's late challenge caught a Elmtaryd Agunnaryd's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Madaleno Garrido helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Elmtaryd Agunnaryd booed when Real Llull de Reus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Madaleno Garrido didn't get a good kick on the ball. Orlando Tobia made in the 65th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Raul Antón. In the 71st minute, Arnold Stark ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. León Gala was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. Elmtaryd Agunnaryd's Adrian Hamnberg was substituted for Knut Rang. Stefan Lindström hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Ettah Kaká could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but León Gala made a huge save. Arnold Stark could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 95th minute of the match, but León Gala made a huge save. Elmtaryd Agunnaryd'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.