U23 World League

Thunderdome
Spectators: 7563 (Terracing: 5673, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Boris Lövgren got the match started through his kick off. Firman Salan might have been able to make a better finish in the 3rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Anusruta Penisson. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Firman Salan ran back to his position shaking his head. Anusruta Penisson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ugutz Albizua in the 5th minute of the match. Sten Ånger received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Lucas Sabina tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match clock showed 16 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Ugutz Albizua sped through Vykans Vikingar's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Anusruta Penisson. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ugutz Albizua in the 20th minute of play forced Vykans Vikingar's goalkeeper Anusruta Penisson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dionisio Canyelles kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. When Boris Lövgren came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Vykans Vikingar 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 Boris Lövgren couldn't finish the play. In the 26th minute, Ugutz Albizua left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The C.D. Ciudad de Soria fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. The crowd rose to their feet as Torbjörn Ekblom kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Lucas Sabina. That made the score 1-2 in the 34 minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Boris Lövgren in the 38th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Lucas Sabina prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 39th minute Ugutz Albizua shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anusruta Penisson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 42 minutes into the match, Vykans Vikingar's goal looked a bit too open when Ugutz Albizua came free, but Anusruta Penisson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ugutz Albizua sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Firman Salan made the kick off in the second half. Ugutz Albizua received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Anusruta Penisson came out and tried to block the shot, but Ugutz Albizua slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 51st minute. In the 58th minute, C.D. Ciudad de Soria's Ugutz Albizua dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-4. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ugutz Albizua got free with Anusruta Penisson in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Anusruta Penisson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ugutz Albizua, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marcos Villalcazar got free with Anusruta Penisson in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 72 minutes into the game, Marcos Villalcazar cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-6. Anusruta Penisson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 75 minutes into the match, C.D. Ciudad de Soria's goal looked a bit too open when Boris Lövgren came free, but Lucas Sabina reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vykans Vikingar's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Ugutz Albizua 79 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-7. Vykans Vikingar's Anusruta Penisson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Vykans Vikingar from getting a goal against them. Folke Örnberg hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. In the 93rd minute, Ugutz Albizua reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Anusruta Penisson. The goal made the score 1-8. The Vykans Vikingar fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. C.D. Ciudad de Soria were clearly better and deserved to take the win.