U23 World League

Zendragsvallen
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Bertil Apelquist started the match with the kick off. In the 9th minute, Kent Tinglöv hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 10 played minutes, Los Delfines's Fidel Dimas shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Girkantas Bernotas came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Los Delfines reached it. In the 14th match minute, Zendraget BK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sivert Westerstrand to maneuver through the defense. In the 19th match minute, Los Delfines was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alejandro Illan to maneuver through the defense. In the 23rd minute Klas Axelsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ciriaco Hulberto 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 Karl Frisck during the 27th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Zendraget BK getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Karl Frisck hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pedro Cresconio in the 30th minute of play forced Zendraget BK's goalkeeper Girkantas Bernotas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bertil Apelquist could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Ciriaco Hulberto made a huge save. 33 minutes into the match, Los Delfines's goal looked a bit too open when Klas Axelsson came free, but Ciriaco Hulberto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ciriaco Hulberto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karl Frisck in the 35th minute of the match. Ciriaco Hulberto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karl Frisck, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Ciriaco Hulberto was a little too slow when Klas Axelsson got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 43rd minute. The score was now 1-0.

Ciriaco Hulberto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Börje Rudberg in the 52nd minute of the match. Ciriaco Hulberto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karl Frisck in the 55th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Klas Axelsson in the 56th minute of play forced Los Delfines's goalkeeper Ciriaco Hulberto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 66 minutes into the game, Roque Senio was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Los Delfines's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Zendraget BK the free kick. A collision led to Los Delfines getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Roque Senio hit a great ball. Girkantas Bernotas made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Fidel Dimas sent off a good shot on target. In the 69th minute, Klas Axelsson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ciriaco Hulberto was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Ciriaco Hulberto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bertil Apelquist in the 74th minute of play. After 76 minutes of play, Zendraget BK's Klas Axelsson made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ciriaco Hulberto was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 79th match minute, Los Delfines was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eloy Oxarra to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Los Delfines getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Fidel Dimas hit a great ball. In the 83rd minute, Pedro Cresconio 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. Egil Eriksson's late challenge caught a Los Delfines's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Egil Eriksson helped the player get up and apologised. Egil Eriksson kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. After 90 played minutes Los Delfines got a freekick which was hit by Robustiano Ramirez. An unexpectedly hard shot by Klas Axelsson in the 92nd minute of play forced Los Delfines's goalkeeper Ciriaco Hulberto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Girkantas Bernotas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luis Ekhi in the 94th minute. Zendraget BK walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.