U23 World League

Ragnarok stadium
Spectators: 8060 (Terracing: 6046, Seating: 1854, VIP seats: 160) Valhalla F.C.'s Marcelo Penilla 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. Valhalla F.C.'s Dorio Laje played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arturo Pirro in the 5th minute of play. Valhalla F.C.:s Dorio Laje showed great skill when he stopped Saul Luke:s penalty. Atletas Campesinos F.C.'s Paolo Obeko proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Atletas Campesinos F.C. from getting a goal against them. Valhalla F.C.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Rodrygo Goes in the 17th minute. A nice corner shot did that Rodrygo Goes got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Paolo Obeko quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Osmundo Bullan's late challenge caught a Atletas Campesinos F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Osmundo Bullan helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Atletas Campesinos F.C. booed when Valhalla F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Osmundo Bullan didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Atletas Campesinos F.C. getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Arturo Pirro hit a great ball. In the 23rd minute Marcelo Penilla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paolo Obeko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Valhalla F.C.'s Dorio Laje played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Saul Luke in the 27th minute of play. Osmundo Bullan kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. 33 minutes into the match, Valhalla F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Jaime Ellande came free, but Dorio Laje reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Paolo Obeko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Osmundo Bullan, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Valhalla F.C.'s Dorio Laje played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Saul Luke in the 38th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcelo Penilla in the 43rd minute of play forced Atletas Campesinos F.C.'s goalkeeper Paolo Obeko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 47 minutes of play, Atletas Campesinos F.C.'s Saul Luke made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dorio Laje was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ovidio Pabla was the one to do the kick off. With a little luck, Valhalla F.C.'s Dorio Laje got control of the ball when Saul Luke tried to sneak it across the goal line. 61 minutes into the match, Atletas Campesinos F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Osmundo Bullan came free, but Paolo Obeko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Atletas Campesinos F.C.'s Ovidio Pabla got a free kick in the 62nd minute. In the 63rd match minute, Atletas Campesinos F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ovidio Pabla to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Atletas Campesinos F.C. defense, Marcelo Penilla kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Paolo Obeko. The Atletas Campesinos F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Paolo Obeko should have stopped the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arturo Pirro got free with Dorio Laje in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 王益邦 took the ball and in the 72 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Paolo Obeko. Paolo Obeko dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Paolo Obeko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Boni Alba in the 77th minute of play. After 77 minutes of play, Valhalla F.C.'s Boni Alba made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Paolo Obeko was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 93rd minute, Boni Alba hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Atletas Campesinos F.C.'s players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.