U18 World League

AT&L
Spectators: 7479 (Terracing: 5611, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Fabricio Lop made the kick off which started today's match. After having played for 5 minutes, Victor Holthe managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sagene IF's supporters crossed their fingers, but Victor Holthe was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thomas Jansen in the 6th minute of play forced Los Laguneros de AT's goalkeeper Manuel Michael to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Manuel Michael showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erik Ljosland in the 11th minute of the match. Manuel Michael showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronny Bruvoll in the 12th minute of the match. In the 13th match minute, Los Laguneros de AT was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Faustino Pere to maneuver through the defense. 16 minutes into the game, Sagene IF's Ronny Bruvoll nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Manuel Michael made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 20 minutes into the match, Los Laguneros de AT's goal looked a bit too open when Thomas Jansen came free, but Manuel Michael reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 24 minutes of play, Sagene IF's Fredrik Unhjem made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Manuel Michael was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ronny Bruvoll succeeded in the game's 28th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-3. After 34 played minutes, Sagene IF's Thomas Jansen shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Manuel Michael 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 Sagene IF reached it. Manuel Michael didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Victor Holthe went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. The audience was convinced that Ronny Bruvoll's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Manuel Michael was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. In the 45th minute Ronny Bruvoll shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manuel Michael saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thomas Jansen in the 46th minute of play forced Los Laguneros de AT's goalkeeper Manuel Michael to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half Sagene IF were leading 0-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ronny Bruvoll to make the kick off. In the 52nd match minute, Sagene IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carl Løvlien to maneuver through the defense. Los Laguneros de AT's Gabriel Jerano couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Sagene IF. After some careless play in the Los Laguneros de AT defense, Victor Holthe kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Manuel Michael. The Los Laguneros de AT fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Manuel Michael should have stopped the shot. After having played for 62 minutes, Fredrik Unhjem managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sagene IF's supporters crossed their fingers, but Fredrik Unhjem was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Faustino Pere fell near the penalty area in the 64th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Los Laguneros de AT's protests and gave Faustino Pere a yellow card for diving instead. Manuel Michael took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tom Løland, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 72nd minute, Tom Løland hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Los Laguneros de AT's Manuel Michael proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save Los Laguneros de AT from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ronny Bruvoll in the 79th minute of play forced Los Laguneros de AT's goalkeeper Manuel Michael to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Manuel Michael showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tom Løland, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. 81 minutes into the match, Tom Løland notched a goal, 0-8, to the right of Los Laguneros de AT's Manuel Michael. Manuel Michael was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Sagene IF's Olav Green played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabricio Lop in the 89th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ronny Bruvoll got free with Manuel Michael in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The Sagene IF players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.