U23 World League

Frutiestadio Koreano
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Pavel Bure got the match started through his kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Justo Mirande got free with Kalle Backman in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Justo Mirande in the 8thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Kalle Backman, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 11th minute, Justo Mirande 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. A sloppy throw-in by Amadeo Christobal in the 15th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Koffe Boys's Rudolf Ambjörnsson. In the 18th minute Fredric Jonasson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hector Pedroso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Arnoldo Otsoa in the 22nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Koffe Boys's Fredric Jonasson. Justo Mirande blasted a shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Kalle Backman having to make a save. When the match clock showed 29 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Rudolf Ambjörnsson sped through Tiburones Pacufantásticos's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Hector Pedroso. After 32 played minutes Tiburones Pacufantásticos got a freekick which was hit by Amadeo Christobal. In the 33rd minute Kent Norberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hector Pedroso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Amadeo Christobal made in the 37th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Justo Mirande. In the 42nd minute, Rigoberto Ladio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Justo Mirande hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Hector Pedroso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pavel Bure, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half Koffe Boys were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Justo Mirande made the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Justo Mirande notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Koffe Boys's Kalle Backman. Kalle Backman was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Justo Mirande in the 56th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kalle Backman prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Kalle Backman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Justo Mirande in the 58th minute of play. Kalle Backman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Justo Mirande, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Tiburones Pacufantásticos's Justo Mirande in the 63rd minute got a chance for a shot 63rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Koffe Boys's goalie prevented a goal. In the 65th match minute, Koffe Boys was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rudolf Ambjörnsson to maneuver through the defense. In the 69th minute, Rudolf Ambjörnsson 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. Kalle Backman stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Justo Mirande's shot from short distance in the 73rd minute. The audience was convinced that Justo Mirande's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kalle Backman was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. Tiburones Pacufantásticos made a substitution. Thepchai Raksawong replaced Justo Mirande. Kalle Backman didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Tiburones Pacufantásticos's Thepchai Raksawong shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Thepchai Raksawong fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kalle Backman having to interfere. 87 minutes into the game, Thepchai Raksawong cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Kalle Backman was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the referee ended the match the Tiburones Pacufantásticos players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.