U18 World League

GSTADIUM
Spectators: 7536 (Terracing: 5653, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tomas Dahlqvist started the match with the kick off. With his leg Thomas Ravelli managed to avoid a goal in the 3rdth minute, when Gordioro Futbol Club's Leopoldo Constancio fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 4 played minutes Gordioro Futbol Club got a freekick which was hit by Americo Ilixo. 5 minutes into the match, Gunnar Nordahl notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Gordioro Futbol Club's Maximino Orkatz. Maximino Orkatz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gordioro Futbol Club's Maximino Orkatz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Dahlqvist in the 9th minute of play. After 9 minutes, Anselmo Laffitte mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gordioro Futbol Club and the La vecchia signora players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 9 played minutes Gordioro Futbol Club got a freekick which was hit by Anselmo Laffitte. In the 11th minute Tomas Dahlqvist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Maximino Orkatz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Americo Ilixo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thomas Ravelli having to interfere. Maximino Orkatz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Gallberg in the 15th minute of the match. Leonardo Omero kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. 16 minutes into the match, Tomas Dahlqvist had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Maximino Orkatz. Gordioro Futbol Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tomas Dahlqvist was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hjalmar Hagström in the 21st minute of play forced Gordioro Futbol Club's goalkeeper Maximino Orkatz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Leopoldo Constancio in the 31st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Thomas Ravelli saved La vecchia signora from getting behind. With a little luck, La vecchia signora's Thomas Ravelli got control of the ball when Americo Ilixo tried to sneak it across the goal line. La vecchia signora's Kasper Ström pulled a muscle in his leg after 38 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Leopoldo Constancio charged in rather forcefully in the 38th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Leopoldo Constancio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Gordioro Futbol Club's Leopoldo Constancio got a free kick in the 39th minute. 41 minutes into the match, Gunnar Nordahl notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Gordioro Futbol Club's Maximino Orkatz. Maximino Orkatz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to La vecchia signora getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Hjalmar Hagström hit a great ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Leopoldo Constancio to strike the kick off in the second half. Maximino Orkatz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gunnar Nordahl in the 54th minute. Gordioro Futbol Club's Maximino Orkatz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hjalmar Hagström in the 55th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Leopoldo Constancio in the 57th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Thomas Ravelli saved La vecchia signora from getting behind. In the 58th minute, La vecchia signora's Gunnar Nordahl ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Maximino Orkatz. Maximino Orkatz yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-5. After 62 minutes, Americo Ilixo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gordioro Futbol Club and the La vecchia signora players grew even worse after the yellow card. Tomas Dahlqvist who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 65thth minute tested the skills of Maximino Orkatz when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 67th minute Leopoldo Constancio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thomas Ravelli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as La vecchia signora's Gunnar Nordahl slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Maximino Orkatz. That made the score 0-6 after 68 minutes of play. Hjalmar Hagström fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maximino Orkatz having to interfere. Benicio Mon kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Gordioro Futbol Club's Leonardo Omero got a free kick in the 75th minute. Tomas Dahlqvist succeeded in the game's 80th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-7. In the 84thth minute of the game Leopoldo Constancio who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but La vecchia signora's Thomas Ravelli was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 86th minute, Americo Ilixo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 87 minutes into the match, Tomas Dahlqvist had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Maximino Orkatz. Gordioro Futbol Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tomas Dahlqvist was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-8. Tomas Dahlqvists short, quick shot in the 93rdth minute got Maximino Orkatz to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. When the match was over La vecchia signora could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Gordioro Futbol Club throughout the match.