U18 World League

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Spectators: 8035 (Terracing: 6027, Seating: 1848, VIP seats: 160) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Andréas Holmstedt made the kick off which started today's match. In the 7th minute, Andréas Holmstedt made a precise shot to the right of Luchito De Leon. Pαɳαɱα Jυɳισɾʂ FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Luchito De Leon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andréas Holmstedt in the 13th minute of play. In the 15th match minute, Bɪᴀɴᴄᴀ ŦС was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lucas Holm to maneuver through the defense. In the 15th minute of the match Jonathan De Gracia shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Eskil Rosen showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Eskil Rosen didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 17th minute, which inside left pole to 1-1. After 19 minutes, Jonathan De Gracia mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pαɳαɱα Jυɳισɾʂ FC and the Bɪᴀɴᴄᴀ ŦС players grew even worse after the yellow card. Allan Blomkvist recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 22nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, Pαɳαɱα Jυɳισɾʂ FC's Jonathan De Gracia got a free kick in the 25th minute. Pαɳαɱα Jυɳισɾʂ FC's Ramón Ortega was substituted for Beto Escalona. In the 26th match minute, Pαɳαɱα Jυɳισɾʂ FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonathan De Gracia to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Frenkie De Jong in the 28th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eskil Rosen saved Bɪᴀɴᴄᴀ ŦС from getting behind. After 29 minutes, Jesper Jespers mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bɪᴀɴᴄᴀ ŦС and the Pαɳαɱα Jυɳισɾʂ FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 32nd minute of the match Pαɳαɱα Jυɳισɾʂ FC got a corner. Bɪᴀɴᴄᴀ ŦС's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Julio Brandao ran over to the corner to take the kick. Luis Herrera charged in rather forcefully in the 33rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luis Herrera the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Pαɳαɱα Jυɳισɾʂ FC getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Luis Herrera hit a great ball. Christian Calderón kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. Allan Blomkvist took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 41st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Luchito De Leon. Pαɳαɱα Jυɳισɾʂ FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The audience was convinced that Luis Herrera's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eskil Rosen was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 53 minutes, Luis Herrera put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Eskil Rosen. 58 minutes into the game, Cacá Aguado was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pαɳαɱα Jυɳισɾʂ FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Bɪᴀɴᴄᴀ ŦС the free kick. A collision led to Pαɳαɱα Jυɳισɾʂ FC getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Cacá Aguado hit a great ball. Bɪᴀɴᴄᴀ ŦС's Max Törnblom was substituted for Andréas Holmstedt. After 59 played minutes Pαɳαɱα Jυɳισɾʂ FC got a freekick which was hit by Cacá Aguado. Luchito De Leon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Max Törnblom, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 61st match minute, Pαɳαɱα Jυɳισɾʂ FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luis Herrera to maneuver through the defense. 62 minutes into the match, Pαɳαɱα Jυɳισɾʂ FC's goal looked a bit too open when Max Törnblom came free, but Luchito De Leon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eskil Rosen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Herrera, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cacá Aguado got his second yellow card in the match during the 66th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Cacá Aguado hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Ramón Ortega lost his temper 68 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. When Wiliam Palma fell near the penalty area in the 71st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Pαɳαɱα Jυɳισɾʂ FC's protests and gave Wiliam Palma a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Pαɳαɱα Jυɳισɾʂ FC getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Wiliam Palma hit a great ball. Eskil Rosen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frenkie De Jong in the 75th minute of play. When Max Törnblom fell near the penalty area in the 79th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Bɪᴀɴᴄᴀ ŦС's protests and gave Max Törnblom a yellow card for diving instead. Max Törnblom hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Pαɳαɱα Jυɳισɾʂ FC's Cheito Arauz was substituted for Christian Calderón. In the 81st match minute, Bɪᴀɴᴄᴀ ŦС was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Max Törnblom to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice moves Love Italia could shoot a difficult shot in the 84th minute, which Luchito De Leon however easily saved by the left post. 91 minutes into the match, Max Törnblom dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Luchito De Leon, 2-3. Luchito De Leon made an important save on a dangerous shot by Max Törnblom in the 94th minute. Ricardo Arauz kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. Luchito De Leon made a fantastic save in the 96th minute, when Love Italia sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Pαɳαɱα Jυɳισɾʂ FC's Cheito Arauz got a free kick in the 97th minute. Through an outstanding action, after 98 minutes, Luchito De Leon successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Bɪᴀɴᴄᴀ ŦС's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.