U23 World League

Mas Nou
Spectators: 7789 (Terracing: 5843, Seating: 1791, VIP seats: 155) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Conny Ronaldo got the match started through his kick off. The supporters of Hagmoren BK booed when Picanya FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edgard Reyes didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 8th minute, Arbidel Pais 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. The audience was convinced that Arbidel Pais's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lasse Eriksson was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. Arbidel Pais had several of the Hagmoren BK's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 10 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Lasse Eriksson as he didn't even see the shot coming. Jerico Ramos in the 14thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Lasse Eriksson, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After recieving a nice pass, Hagmoren BK's Tommy Abrahamsson tried to score from far away in the 19th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. If Conny Ronaldo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 28 minutes into the match, Conny Ronaldo notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Picanya FC's Sebastiano Treviño. Sebastiano Treviño was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Lasse Eriksson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jerico Ramos in the 30th minute of play. 35 minutes into the match, Picanya FC's goal looked a bit too open when Conny Ronaldo came free, but Sebastiano Treviño reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 40 played minutes Picanya FC got a freekick which was hit by Edgard Reyes. In the 42nd minute, Åke Rosendahl hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 45th minute Edgard Reyes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lasse Eriksson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Jerico Ramos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Edgard Reyes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Arbidel Pais was the one to do the kick off. Lasse Eriksson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jerico Ramos went, in the 54th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. In the 56th minute, Hans Halman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 57th match minute, Picanya FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Narcis Ipătescu to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Picanya FC's zone, Tommy Abrahamsson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sebastiano Treviño came out of the goal and Tommy Abrahamsson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tony Kvist got free with Sebastiano Treviño in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Arbidel Pais succeeded in the game's 66th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-1. Tony Kvist could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Sebastiano Treviño made a huge save. Sebastiano Treviño took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Conny Ronaldo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Conny Ronaldo got free with Sebastiano Treviño in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 83 played minutes Picanya FC got a freekick which was hit by Arbidel Pais. A collision led to Hagmoren BK getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Cumhur Atasan hit a great ball. Jerico Ramos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Lasse Eriksson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tony Kvist's late challenge caught a Picanya FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tony Kvist helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Hagmoren BK getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Tony Kvist hit a great ball. The Picanya FC players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.