U23 World League

St James Park
Spectators: 7645 (Terracing: 5735, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 152) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Coronel Andres kicked off to start the match. After 3 played minutes Newcastle United F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Artur Kiewra. After a rather tough play, Newcastle United F.C.'s Georg Bank got a free kick in the 4th minute. Garoa Ojesto recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 5th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Niklas Kvalfält showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Severino Coutinho, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. After 8 minutes, Egil Lindman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Newcastle United F.C. and the La Mora CAT players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Newcastle United F.C. getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Egil Lindman hit a great ball. 10 minutes into the match, Du Jian Chen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Niklas Kvalfält. Newcastle United F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Du Jian Chen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Coronel Canyelles in the 14th minute of play forced Newcastle United F.C.'s goalkeeper Niklas Kvalfält to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Severino Coutinho scored 0-2 in the 20th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Niklas Kvalfält, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Şenol Güneş showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gustaf Högström, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Newcastle United F.C.'s Niklas Kvalfält played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Severino Coutinho in the 25th minute of play. La Mora CAT's Şenol Güneş proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save La Mora CAT from getting a goal against them. In the 29th minute Severino Coutinho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Niklas Kvalfält saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Newcastle United F.C.'s Egil Lindman got a free kick in the 30th minute. Simon Västlund lost his temper 33 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The supporters of La Mora CAT booed when Newcastle United F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Simon Västlund didn't get a good kick on the ball. Niklas Kvalfält made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Coronel Andres in the 35th minute of play. Niklas Kvalfält didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Du Jian Chen went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. 42 minutes into the match, Aloisio Lastras had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Niklas Kvalfält. Newcastle United F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aloisio Lastras was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Niklas Kvalfält took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Severino Coutinho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gustaf Högström stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 52 played minutes Newcastle United F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Egil Lindman. 56 minutes into the match, Coronel Andres dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Niklas Kvalfält, 0-5. Niklas Kvalfält was a little too slow when Coronel Andres got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 61st minute. The score was now 0-6. Niklas Kvalfält showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Coronel Andres in the 67th minute of the match. A collision led to Newcastle United F.C. getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Gustaf Högström hit a great ball. La Mora CAT made a substitution. Wayne Rooney replaced Coronel Andres. La Mora CAT's Seve Grau was substituted for Du Jian Chen. A collision led to Newcastle United F.C. getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Gustaf Högström hit a great ball. An unexpected shot in the 71st minute by Víctor Hernandez got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Newcastle United F.C.'s Niklas Kvalfält played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Severino Coutinho in the 73rd minute of play. Newcastle United F.C.'s Niklas Kvalfält played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wayne Rooney in the 78th minute of play. In the 80th minute, Coronel Canyelles left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The La Mora CAT fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-7. In the 83rd minute, Severino Coutinho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 87 minutes into the game, Seve Grau cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-8. Niklas Kvalfält was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Seve Grau scored 0-9 in the 95th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Niklas Kvalfält, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match was over La Mora CAT could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Newcastle United F.C. throughout the match.