U23 World League

Nye -vallen
Spectators: 6732 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Philip Hedvall made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, Nye's Kim Björklund got a free kick in the 5th minute. Markus Albäck took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustavo-Hernán De La Cruz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 8 minutes into the match, Damian Heli notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Nye's Markus Albäck. Markus Albäck was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 12 minutes into the game, MORPH's Gustavo-Hernán De La Cruz nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Markus Albäck made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. 15 minutes into the match, Nye's goal looked a bit too open when Gustavo-Hernán Aliendro came free, but Markus Albäck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 16 minutes of play, MORPH's Gustavo-Hernán De La Cruz made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Markus Albäck was left in no man's land by his defense there! Marcelo Estebano took the ball and in the 22 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Markus Albäck. Markus Albäck dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Nye's Markus Albäck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcelo Estebano in the 25th minute of play. If Gustavo-Hernán De La Cruz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 28th minute Antonio Gartzea suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. 32 minutes into the game, Gustavo-Hernán Lanzini threw the ball into play from the sideline. Nye's Henric Nordström quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 33 minutes into the match, Nye's goal looked a bit too open when Mauro Tomi came free, but Markus Albäck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 37th minute, Mauro Tomi made a precise shot to the right of Markus Albäck. Nye's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. After some careless play in the Nye defense, Gustavo-Hernán De La Cruz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Markus Albäck. The Nye fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Markus Albäck should have stopped the shot. 46 minutes into the match, Nye's goal looked a bit too open when Marcelo Estebano came free, but Markus Albäck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 47th minute, Marcelo Estebano made a precise shot to the right of Markus Albäck. Nye's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-7. After the first half MORPH were leading 0-7. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Marcelo Estebano was the one to do the kick off. Markus Albäck took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustavo-Hernán Aliendro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mauro Tomi got free with Markus Albäck in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marcelo Estebano succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-8 in the 56th playminute. Nye's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Gustavo-Hernán Aliendro 59 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-9. Nye's Markus Albäck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustavo-Hernán De La Cruz in the 62nd minute of play. Markus Albäck took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustavo-Hernán De La Cruz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Henric Nordström was shown his second yellow card after 66 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After 66 played minutes Nye got a freekick which was hit by Henric Nordström. Marcelo Estebanos short, quick shot in the 67thth minute got Markus Albäck to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 68 minutes into the game, MORPH's Gustavo-Hernán De La Cruz nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Markus Albäck made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-10. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mauro Tomi in the 75th minute of play forced Nye's goalkeeper Markus Albäck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 76 minutes into the game, Mauro Tomi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-11. Markus Albäck was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Marcelo Estebano hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. 83 minutes into the match, Nye's goal looked a bit too open when Mauro Tomi came free, but Markus Albäck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 84 minutes, Gustavo-Hernán De La Cruz put it in 0-12 from a short distance just to the right of Markus Albäck. Nye's Markus Albäck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustavo-Hernán De La Cruz in the 94th minute of play. In the 95th minute Gustavo-Hernán De La Cruz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Markus Albäck saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 98th minute, MORPH's Mauro Tomi ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Markus Albäck. Markus Albäck yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-14. When the match was over MORPH could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Nye throughout the match.