U18 World League

Cola Fogosa
Spectators: 7994 (Terracing: 5997, Seating: 1838, VIP seats: 159) Charmander City's Leo Tome started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 7th minute, Leo Tome hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Charmander City's Inocencio Anaya played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Michael Berg in the 10th minute of play. If Christer Karlberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 14 minutes had been played when some careless play by Charmander City's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Michael Berg was slow to take the kick. During this time DIF LEEDS BK's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Gustaf Valström managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. With a little luck, DIF LEEDS BK's Oscar Hedman got control of the ball when Bernardino Indalecio tried to sneak it across the goal line. 20 minutes into the match, DIF LEEDS BK's goal looked a bit too open when Saverio Ermano came free, but Oscar Hedman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Inocencio Anaya showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Viktor Biörnberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. In the 22nd minute, Michael Berg ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Inocencio Anaya was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 24th minute, Saverio Ermano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 29 played minutes DIF LEEDS BK got a freekick which was hit by Leif Lindgren. The supporters of Charmander City booed when DIF LEEDS BK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sakarias Linqvist didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Michael Berg to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Charmander City's Nereo Telesforo got a free kick in the 55th minute. With an all-out effort, DIF LEEDS BK's Inocencio Anaya threw himself towards the right post 62 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Michael Berg, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Inocencio Anaya showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michael Berg, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Viktor Biörnberg scored 0-2 in the 65th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Inocencio Anaya, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Oscar Hedman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernardino Indalecio in the 73rd minute of play. Inocencio Anaya made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Verner Fredriksson sent off a good shot on target. In the 76th minute, Leif Lindgren hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Charmander City's Inocencio Anaya proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save Charmander City from getting a goal against them. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Christer Karlberg during the 83rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 83rd minute, Christer Karlberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 86th minute, Christer Karlberg fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Inocencio Anaya, passed just outside the right post. 86 minutes into the match, Michael Berg dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Inocencio Anaya, 0-3. 91 minutes into the match, Charmander City's goalkeeper Inocencio Anaya had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Christer Karlberg. The DIF LEEDS BK supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing DIF LEEDS BK would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.