U21 World League

Domingos Burni Arena
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Mårten Botvidsson started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aristides Ezkerra in the 6th minute of play forced FC Hans's goalkeeper Eric Eckegren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Mårten Botvidsson came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the FC Hans 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 Mårten Botvidsson couldn't finish the play. If Åke Vallengren had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Eustaquio Cilio managed to get in a good position for a shot. Trinchera FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Eustaquio Cilio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eric Eckegren breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eustaquio Cilio got free with Eric Eckegren in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Camilo Bittor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mårten Botvidsson in the 20th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Trinchera FC's zone, Wictor Termander stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Camilo Bittor came out of the goal and Wictor Termander tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mårten Botvidsson in the 24th minute of play forced Trinchera FC's goalkeeper Camilo Bittor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 26th minute of the match, Eustaquio Cilio got a very nice opportunity to score, but Eric Eckegren was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After some careless play in the Trinchera FC defense, Mårten Botvidsson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Camilo Bittor. The Trinchera FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Camilo Bittor should have stopped the shot. 35 minutes into the match, Eustaquio Cilio had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Eric Eckegren. FC Hans's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eustaquio Cilio was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Eric Eckegren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ildefonso Christobal in the 40th minute of play. A collision led to FC Hans getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Rickard Ahlén hit a great ball. 44 minutes into the game, Trinchera FC's Pascual Lop nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Eric Eckegren made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. After a rather tough play, FC Hans's Östen Flinck got a free kick in the 47th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Eustaquio Cilio to make the kick off. In the 55th minute, Östen Flinck hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 56th minute of the match Pascual Lop sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Eric Eckegren skillfully saved the ball. Rickard Ahlén hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, FC Hans's Rickard Ahlén got a free kick in the 61st minute. Trinchera FC's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Mårten Botvidsson 64 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-2. Kurt Mager sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 75 minutes into the match, Cipriano Beltza notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of FC Hans's Eric Eckegren. Eric Eckegren was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Pascual Lop hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. In the 82ndth minute of the game Eustaquio Cilio who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Hans's Eric Eckegren was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Eric Eckegren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cipriano Beltza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Trinchera FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of FC Hans for a fine match.