U18 World League

A Gentle Touch Arena
Spectators: 7561 (Terracing: 5672, Seating: 1738, VIP seats: 151) Harry Thedin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Astor Oinatz made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jan-Olof Kjellman got free with Astor Oinatz in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jan-Olof Kjellman might have been able to make a better finish in the 7th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Astor Oinatz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jan-Olof Kjellman ran back to his position shaking his head. Joar Lilja made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Apolo Piarres in the 9th minute of play. Joar Lilja showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Telesforo in the 10th minute of the match. After 11 played minutes NUMBA got a freekick which was hit by Candido Unax. In the 13th minute Apolo Piarres shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joar Lilja saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Wiktor Jakobsson kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Jan-Olof Kjellman's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 16thth minute, Astor Oinatz skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Joar Lilja took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Apolo Piarres, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 21st match minute, Eleven Nation Army was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mikael Österlund to maneuver through the defense. Astor Oinatz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jan-Olof Kjellman went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. In the 34th minute, Eleven Nation Army's Harry Thedin dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Joar Lilja made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Apolo Piarres in the 39th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Apolo Piarres in the 42nd minute of play forced Eleven Nation Army's goalkeeper Joar Lilja to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joar Lilja took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Apolo Piarres, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Astor Oinatz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Harry Thedin in the 47th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

When Serafin Jesco fell near the penalty area in the 52nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored NUMBA's protests and gave Serafin Jesco a yellow card for diving instead. After some careless play in the NUMBA defense, Harry Thedin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Astor Oinatz. The NUMBA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Astor Oinatz should have stopped the shot. Apolo Piarres received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Joar Lilja came out and tried to block the shot, but Apolo Piarres slotted it home off the left post making it 3-1 in the 62nd minute. After a rather tough play, NUMBA's Carlos Telesforo got a free kick in the 64th minute. Astor Oinatz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jan-Olof Kjellman, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. With his leg Joar Lilja managed to avoid a goal in the 72ndth minute, when NUMBA's Apolo Piarres fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Joar Lilja made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Apolo Piarres sent off a good shot on target. The NUMBA fans' excitement grew in the 77th match minute when NUMBA's Candido Unax looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After 82 played minutes Eleven Nation Army got a freekick which was hit by Wiktor Jakobsson. Apolo Piarres in the 84thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Joar Lilja, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Apolo Piarres could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Joar Lilja made a huge save. Candido Unax fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Joar Lilja having to interfere. Eleven Nation Army's Joar Lilja proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save Eleven Nation Army from getting a goal against them. In the 95th minute, Mikael Örnberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.