U18 World League

Robert Nesta Marley
Spectators: 7729 (Terracing: 5798, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Marcelino Quintun took the kick off in the first half of the match. Anibal Beturian showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maximilian Jansson in the 4th minute of the match. Ermegildo Venceslao received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Edgar Samuelsson came out and tried to block the shot, but Ermegildo Venceslao slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 6th minute. After some careless play in the ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣ defense, Johan Lindqvist kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Anibal Beturian. The ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Anibal Beturian should have stopped the shot. With his leg Edgar Samuelsson managed to avoid a goal in the 18thth minute, when ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s Marcelino Quintun fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 21 minutes into the match, ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s goal looked a bit too open when Isak Ambjörnsson came free, but Anibal Beturian reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 22nd minute, Maximilian Jansson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Anibal Beturian was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. After 25 played minutes ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣ got a freekick which was hit by Marcelino Quintun. Maximilian Jansson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 26th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Edgar Samuelsson made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when German Urritz sent off a good shot on target. After some fancy dribbling in the 32nd minute, Isak Ambjörnsson managed to get in a good position for a shot. Preator Edikt's supporters rose to their feet, but Isak Ambjörnsson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Anibal Beturian breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Johan Lindqvist in the 33rd minute of play forced ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s goalkeeper Anibal Beturian to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anibal Beturian took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Johan Lindqvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Anibal Beturian made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Johan Lindqvist in the 44th minute of play. ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s Marcelino Quintun got a good chance for a goal in the 48th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣ players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Preator Edikt were winning 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Johan Lindqvist to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Preator Edikt's Samuel Jansson got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Romulo Pietro kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Anibal Beturian made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Johan Lindqvist sent off a good shot on target. Johan Lindqvist took the ball and in the 62 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Anibal Beturian. Anibal Beturian dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. After a rather tough play, Preator Edikt's Rikard Jakobsson got a free kick in the 64th minute. In the 65th minute of the match Inocencio Fonda sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Edgar Samuelsson skillfully saved the ball. In the 72nd minute, Samuel Jansson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Preator Edikt fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-5. Preator Edikt's Maximilian Jansson got a good chance for a goal in the 76th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Anibal Beturian made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maximilian Jansson in the 79th minute of play. After 84 played minutes ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣ got a freekick which was hit by Natalio Donzel. 85 minutes into the match, Johan Lindqvist had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anibal Beturian. ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Johan Lindqvist was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-6. After 87 minutes, Marcelino Quintun mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣ and the Preator Edikt players grew even worse after the yellow card. Marcelino Quintun hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. After 88 played minutes, Preator Edikt's Samuel Jansson shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Anibal Beturian came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Preator Edikt reached it. The crowd rose to their feet as Preator Edikt's Isak Ambjörnsson slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Anibal Beturian. That made the score 1-7 after 90 minutes of play. When the final whistle sounded Preator Edikt left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣.