U23 World League

Estadio 15 de Abril
Spectators: 7737 (Terracing: 5804, Seating: 1779, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Anak Junior started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, Anak Junior got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Magne Runeberg kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. If Ceferino Hever had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 15th minute Humberto Alcaraz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Feliberto Gonsalvo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ceferino Hever during the 17th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 17th match minute, C A U was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ceferino Hever to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Humberto Alcaraz in the 19th minute of play forced C A U's goalkeeper Feliberto Gonsalvo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Firma Barnängen's Vintilă Şimonca in the 21st minute got a chance for a shot 21st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye C A U's goalie prevented a goal. Feliberto Gonsalvo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vintilă Şimonca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. C A U's Feliberto Gonsalvo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Humberto Alcaraz in the 25th minute of play. Ceferino Hever fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rune Söder having to interfere. João Pedro Pepe made in the 42nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Karl-Michael Jansson however managed to control. After a rather tough play, Firma Barnängen's Magne Runeberg got a free kick in the 44th minute. Rune Söder made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Ceferino Hever sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, C A U's Alfonso Isauro got a free kick in the 48th minute. Feliberto Gonsalvo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karl-Michael Jansson in the 48th minute of play.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Karl-Michael Jansson was the one to do the kick off. Firma Barnängen's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Wictor Arenberg in the 56th minute. A nice corner shot did that Wictor Arenberg got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Feliberto Gonsalvo quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 58th minute, Anak Junior ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rune Söder was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. C A U made a substitution. Eliseo Hurko replaced Ceferino Hever. In the 64th minute Anak Junior shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rune Söder saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. C A U's Feliberto Gonsalvo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karl-Michael Jansson in the 68th minute of play. Feliberto Gonsalvo made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Humberto Alcaraz sent off a good shot on target. In the 79th minute Anak Junior shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rune Söder saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. C A U made a substitution. Lucas Barcelos replaced Anak Junior. C A U's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Nico González in the 82nd minute. The supporters of C A U booed when Firma Barnängen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. João Pedro Pepe didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Lucas Barcelos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rune Söder was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. Vintilă Şimonca could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Feliberto Gonsalvo made a huge save. After 89 minutes of play, C A U's Lucas Barcelos made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rune Söder was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Firma Barnängen getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. João Pedro Pepe hit a great ball. Humberto Alcaraz scored 2-1 in the 95th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Feliberto Gonsalvo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Firma Barnängen's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.