U23 World League

José Tiburcio Borda
Spectators: 7663 (Terracing: 5748, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Lennart Abrahamsson got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Loco De Remate's Gerardo Bibiano got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Jesus Librado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcus Klint having to interfere. In the 19th minute Per-Oskar Njurenius shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Samuel Mancio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lennart Abrahamsson in the 20th minute of play forced Loco De Remate's goalkeeper Samuel Mancio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcus Klint made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alvaro Resto in the 24th minute. In the 26th minute Per-Oskar Njurenius shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Samuel Mancio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lennart Abrahamsson in the 30th minute of play forced Loco De Remate's goalkeeper Samuel Mancio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Marcus Klint managed to avoid a goal in the 31stth minute, when Loco De Remate's Jesus Librado fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 33 minutes into the match, Loco De Remate's goal looked a bit too open when Jan-Olof Hedling came free, but Samuel Mancio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 37th minute, Jan-Olof Hedling left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Team Rocco fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lennart Abrahamsson in the 42nd minute of play forced Loco De Remate's goalkeeper Samuel Mancio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Loco De Remate players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Team Rocco were winning 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jesus Librado stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Loco De Remate's Jesus Librado in the 55th minute got a chance for a shot 55th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Team Rocco's goalie prevented a goal. In the 56th match minute, Loco De Remate was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jesus Librado to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice moves Jan-Olof Hedling could shoot a difficult shot in the 57th minute, which Samuel Mancio however easily saved by the left post. In the 62nd minute, Lennart Abrahamsson reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Samuel Mancio. The goal made the score 0-2. Samuel Mancio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lennart Abrahamsson in the 71st minute of the match. If Jan-Olof Hedling had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Nils-Erik Bengtsson came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the Team Rocco 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 Nils-Erik Bengtsson couldn't finish the play. Samuel Mancio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lennart Abrahamsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jan-Olof Hedling sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 80 played minutes Lennart Abrahamsson rounded Loco De Remate's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-3. Lennart Abrahamsson blasted a shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Samuel Mancio having to make a save. In the 88th minute, Team Rocco's Jan-Olof Hedling dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-5. In the 94th minute, Lennart Abrahamsson reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Samuel Mancio. The goal made the score 0-6. When the final whistle sounded Team Rocco left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Loco De Remate.