U21 World League

Jallun Baari
Spectators: 7498 (Terracing: 5624, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) Junior Virtanen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benjamin Ekhi in the 11th minute of play. In the 13th match minute, Sportivo Desamparados was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benjamin Ekhi to maneuver through the defense. In the 14th minute, Jesse Tallqvist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 18th minute, Esa Tuomisaari fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Gianluca Augusto, passed just outside the right post. After some careless play in the Dark Sons of Omar defense, Benjamin Ekhi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Junior Virtanen. The Dark Sons of Omar fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Junior Virtanen should have stopped the shot. If Reino Kokkonen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 35th minute, Jesse Tallqvist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Junior Virtanen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eugenio Urritz, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. After 39 played minutes Sportivo Desamparados got a freekick which was hit by Damaso Rolado. 41 minutes into the match, Jesse Tallqvist notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Sportivo Desamparados's Gianluca Augusto. Gianluca Augusto was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.

The wind increased when Eugenio Urritz made the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Dark Sons of Omar's Junior Virtanen got control of the ball when Benjamin Ekhi tried to sneak it across the goal line. Esa Tuomisaari received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Gianluca Augusto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sportivo Desamparados's Gianluca Augusto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Esa Tuomisaari in the 67th minute of play. After 68 played minutes Sportivo Desamparados got a freekick which was hit by Damaso Rolado. Gianluca Augusto stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Asmo Kuokkanen's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. After having played for 79 minutes, Esa Tuomisaari managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Dark Sons of Omar's supporters crossed their fingers, but Esa Tuomisaari 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 Kepa Kello in the 84th minute of play forced Sportivo Desamparados's goalkeeper Gianluca Augusto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Esa Tuomisaari fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gianluca Augusto having to interfere. Dark Sons of Omar's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.