U23 World League

TEATRO DE LOS SUEÑOS
Spectators: 7514 (Terracing: 5636, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) Walter Lindkvist made the kick off and thus started the match. If Xavi Hernandez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Mats Kinnman hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. 13 minutes had been played when some careless play by Djurgården IF's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Runar Melum was slow to take the kick. During this time POPODARA F.C's players had a chance to rest. Runar Melum made a great header on POPODARA F.C's corner, it was just that Djurgården IF's Jimmie Tinglöv managed to reach the ball for a save. After 17 minutes, Paulino Leonidas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the POPODARA F.C and the Djurgården IF players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to POPODARA F.C getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Paulino Leonidas hit a great ball. In the 20th minute of the match Mats Kinnman sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Raymond Halseth skillfully saved the ball. If Runar Melum had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. POPODARA F.C's Raymond Halseth played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Walter Lindkvist in the 26th minute of play. 27 minutes into the game, Federico Mauro lined in a short shot 2-0 behind a frustrated Jimmie Tinglöv. In the 30th minute, Federico Mauro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The POPODARA F.C fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. After a rather tough play, Djurgården IF's Mats Kinnman got a free kick in the 34th minute. 37 minutes into the game, POPODARA F.C's Federico Mauro nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jimmie Tinglöv made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. POPODARA F.C's Xavi Hernandez got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When POPODARA F.C's Federico Mauro in the 42nd minute got a chance for a shot 42nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Djurgården IF's goalie prevented a goal. Runar Melum fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jimmie Tinglöv having to interfere. In the 47th match minute, Djurgården IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Walter Lindkvist to maneuver through the defense. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Federico Mauro to make the kick off. Jimmie Tinglöv came out of the goal in the 56th minute to try and stop a shot by POPODARA F.C's Federico Mauro. But to his dismay, Federico Mauro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. Jimmie Tinglöv showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Federico Mauro, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. 62 minutes into the match, Federico Mauro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jimmie Tinglöv. Djurgården IF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Federico Mauro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. Jimmie Tinglöv showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Runar Melum in the 67th minute of the match. In the 70thth minute of the game Federico Mauro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Djurgården IF's Jimmie Tinglöv was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 75th minute, Federico Mauro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The POPODARA F.C fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 9-0. In the 81st minute, Runar Melum left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The POPODARA F.C fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 10-0. Federico Mauro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jimmie Tinglöv having to interfere. After having played for 86 minutes, Runar Melum managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. POPODARA F.C's supporters crossed their fingers, but Runar Melum was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of POPODARA F.C booed when Djurgården IF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ian Hägglund didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 89th minute Federico Mauro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jimmie Tinglöv saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 91 minutes of play, POPODARA F.C's Federico Mauro made it 11-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jimmie Tinglöv was left in no man's land by his defense there! Runar Melum might have been able to make a better finish in the 94th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jimmie Tinglöv. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Runar Melum ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Federico Mauro in the 95th minute of play forced Djurgården IF's goalkeeper Jimmie Tinglöv to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 96 minutes, Federico Mauro put it in 12-0 from a short distance just to the right of Jimmie Tinglöv. POPODARA F.C walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.