U23 World League

Lucas E. Abalos
Spectators: 7474 (Terracing: 5607, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Clemente Herena kicked off to start the match. Tobias Sandberg came out of the goal in the 4th minute to try and stop a shot by Abuba Akotonon FC's Valentín Barco. But to his dismay, Valentín Barco quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. 10 minutes into the match, Edinson Cavani had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tobias Sandberg. REAL SUOMI CF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Edinson Cavani was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Tobias Sandberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valentín Barco in the 13th minute of the match. Tobias Sandberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leo Ursino in the 14th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edinson Cavani got free with Tobias Sandberg in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Tobias Sandberg came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by Abuba Akotonon FC's Valentín Barco. But to his dismay, Valentín Barco quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. With a little luck, REAL SUOMI CF's Tobias Sandberg got control of the ball when Edinson Cavani tried to sneak it across the goal line. Tobias Sandberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentín Barco in the 36th minute of play. Olof Simonsson kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. 45 minutes into the match, REAL SUOMI CF's goal looked a bit too open when Valentín Barco came free, but Tobias Sandberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 46th match minute, REAL SUOMI CF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marek Matela to maneuver through the defense. Af the end of the first half the score was 6-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Aleksi Lindström was the one to do the kick off. In the 50th minute, Clemente Herena hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tobias Sandberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Clemente Herena in the 53rd minute of play. REAL SUOMI CF's Tobias Sandberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Clemente Herena in the 56th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Clemente Herena in the 57th minute of play forced REAL SUOMI CF's goalkeeper Tobias Sandberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Johannes Sörman kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. 65 minutes into the match, REAL SUOMI CF's goal looked a bit too open when Clemente Herena came free, but Tobias Sandberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tobias Sandberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valentín Barco, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. REAL SUOMI CF's Tobias Sandberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Clemente Herena in the 67th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Clemente Herena in the 71st minute of play forced REAL SUOMI CF's goalkeeper Tobias Sandberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valentín Barco in the 72nd minute of play forced REAL SUOMI CF's goalkeeper Tobias Sandberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tobias Sandberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leo Ursino in the 77th minute of the match. Abuba Akotonon FC's Ariel Tximitx played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aleksi Lindström in the 79th minute of play. Johannes Sörman hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Abuba Akotonon FC's Nicolás Valentini was substituted for Aarón Anselmino. After a rather tough play, REAL SUOMI CF's Johannes Sörman got a free kick in the 81st minute. Tobias Sandberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicolás Valentini, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Edinson Cavani managed to get in a good position for a shot. Abuba Akotonon FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Edinson Cavani was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tobias Sandberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Tobias Sandberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valentín Barco, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. REAL SUOMI CF's Tobias Sandberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicolás Valentini in the 87th minute of play. In the 88th minute Valentín Barco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tobias Sandberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 90th minute of the game. One of REAL SUOMI CF:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Abuba Akotonon FC:s goal. In the 93rd minute there was a penalty for Abuba Akotonon FC. Nicolás Valentini stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Tobias Sandberg. 8-0. After 96 minutes of play, Abuba Akotonon FC's Clemente Herena made it 9-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tobias Sandberg was left in no man's land by his defense there! There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Abuba Akotonon FC fully deserved thier win.