U18 World League

Savannah of Africa
Spectators: 7503 (Terracing: 5628, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Rasmus Botvidsson got the match started through his kick off. After 3 played minutes Cheetah Team got a freekick which was hit by David Berggren. Carmelo Furman recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 4th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Carmelo Furman took the ball and in the 7 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jörgen Qvalfeldt. Jörgen Qvalfeldt dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Rasmus Botvidsson came free with the goalkeeper in the 11th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Constantino Rubio could save by the left post. In the 12th match minute, Cheetah Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Uno Bergfeldt to maneuver through the defense. In the 13th minute of the match Tomas Hermelando shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jörgen Qvalfeldt showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Jörgen Qvalfeldt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cesar Ticho in the 21st minute of play. Cheetah Team's Jörgen Qvalfeldt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carmelo Furman in the 23rd minute of play. In the 24th match minute, Cha Fe FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marco Abalos to maneuver through the defense. 25 minutes into the game, Björn Hammarbäck recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Constantino Rubio. Björn Hammarbäck showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-1. Thanks to some nice moves Oskar Pettersson could shoot a difficult shot in the 28th minute, which Constantino Rubio however easily saved by the left post. Cheetah Team's Jörgen Qvalfeldt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carmelo Furman in the 29th minute of play. In the 30th minute, Rasmus Botvidsson 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. Constantino Rubio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Björn Hammarbäck, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rasmus Botvidsson in the 37thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Constantino Rubio, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Uno Bergfeldt sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Carmelo Furman was the one to do the kick off. After 53 minutes of play, Cheetah Team's Oskar Pettersson made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Constantino Rubio was left in no man's land by his defense there! 58 minutes into the game, Cesar Ticho was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Cha Fe FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Cheetah Team the free kick. In the 58th match minute, Cha Fe FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cesar Ticho to maneuver through the defense. Pedro Stanislao made in the 60th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Carmelo Furman. Jörgen Qvalfeldt made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Rolando Chan sent off a good shot on target. Constantino Rubio came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by Cheetah Team's Rasmus Botvidsson. But to his dismay, Rasmus Botvidsson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Julian Isadore was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 67 minutes into the match. Carmelo Furman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jörgen Qvalfeldt having to interfere. Carmelo Furman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Jörgen Qvalfeldt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Carmelo Furman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 87th minute of the game Pedro Stanislao made a throw-in which Carmelo Furman played forward. In the 88th match minute, Cha Fe FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rolando Chan to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 90 minutes, Rasmus Botvidsson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cheetah Team's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rasmus Botvidsson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Carmelo Furman during the 92nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Cha Fe FC getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Carmelo Furman hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rasmus Botvidsson in the 96th minute of play forced Cha Fe FC's goalkeeper Constantino Rubio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 97th match minute, Cheetah Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sten Törnqvist to maneuver through the defense. Cha Fe FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.