U23 World League

Monumental MORTEROS
Spectators: 7795 (Terracing: 5847, Seating: 1793, VIP seats: 155) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Echezonachukwu Håland kicked off to start the match. Echezonachukwu Håland sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 3rd minute Echezonachukwu Håland shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kåre Hård saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ronni Krogbeck charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ronni Krogbeck the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 5th match minute, Vestegnens Betonhelte was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ronni Krogbeck to maneuver through the defense. In the 9th minute, Kryspin Solarek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 12 minutes into the match, Echezonachukwu Håland notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Vestegnens Betonhelte's Kåre Hård. Kåre Hård was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Baldomero Ugaitz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kenny Atke in the 17th minute of play. Real Còrdoba FC's Nils-Emil Vallgren got a good chance for a goal in the 22nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 23 minutes into the match, Vestegnens Betonhelte's goal looked a bit too open when Echezonachukwu Håland came free, but Kåre Hård reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kåre Hård made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nils-Emil Vallgren in the 25th minute. When Ronni Krogbeck was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 26 minutes had been played. After a rather tough play, Vestegnens Betonhelte's Ronni Krogbeck got a free kick in the 27th minute. Echezonachukwu Håland sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Nils-Emil Vallgren's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 35thth minute, Kåre Hård skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Vestegnens Betonhelte's Kåre Hård proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to save Vestegnens Betonhelte from getting a goal against them. Vestegnens Betonhelte's defense didn't have a chance, in the 43rd minute, when Nils-Emil Vallgren scored to the left of an out of position Kåre Hård, making the score, 2-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Gabe Gaab made the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Vestegnens Betonhelte booed when Real Còrdoba FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nils-Emil Vallgren didn't get a good kick on the ball. Echezonachukwu Håland blasted a shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Kåre Hård having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Echezonachukwu Håland in the 61st minute of play forced Vestegnens Betonhelte's goalkeeper Kåre Hård to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Nils-Emil Vallgren's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kåre Hård was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. 65 minutes into the match, Real Còrdoba FC's goalkeeper Baldomero Ugaitz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gabe Gaab. Vestegnens Betonhelte were awarded a corner in the 67th minute after Real Còrdoba FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Therkel Rybert took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Therkel Rybert got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Baldomero Ugaitz quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 70th minute, Nils-Emil Vallgren 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. After a rather tough play, Vestegnens Betonhelte's Frans Hall got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Therkel Norstrand made in the 75th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Kenny Atke immediately put the ball in play. Vestegnens Betonhelte's Kåre Hård played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Celestino Marino in the 77th minute of play. 78 minutes into the match, Real Còrdoba FC's goalkeeper Baldomero Ugaitz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gabe Gaab. After 90 played minutes Real Còrdoba FC got a freekick which was hit by Moise Tomulescu. Real Còrdoba FC's Hu Jian Liang was substituted for Nils-Emil Vallgren. The supporters of Vestegnens Betonhelte booed when Real Còrdoba FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Moise Tomulescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Willy Jægerskou's late challenge caught a Real Còrdoba FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Willy Jægerskou helped the player get up and apologised. After 95 played minutes Vestegnens Betonhelte got a freekick which was hit by Willy Jægerskou. Real Còrdoba FC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.