U18 World League

The Honeypot
Spectators: 7519 (Terracing: 5640, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) Valdieri's Elia Cicchini started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Patrick Björkkvist's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 5thth minute, Emilio Luciano skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When Sven-Olof Grubb fell near the penalty area in the 10th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Honung's protests and gave Sven-Olof Grubb a yellow card for diving instead. When the match clock showed 13 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Patrick Björkkvist sped through Valdieri's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Emilio Luciano. In the 17th minute, Patrick Björkkvist 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. Emilio Luciano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joar Ahlroth, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 28th minute, Elia Cicchini hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Emilio Luciano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patrick Björkkvist in the 30th minute of play. 35 minutes into the match, Joar Ahlroth dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Emilio Luciano, 4-0. Patrick Björkkvists short, quick shot in the 41stth minute got Emilio Luciano to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Emilio Luciano came out of the goal in the 45th minute to try and stop a shot by Honung's Patrick Björkkvist. But to his dismay, Patrick Björkkvist quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Patrick Björkkvist stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Aurelio Di Lullo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Egil Billock took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 52nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Emilio Luciano. Valdieri's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Emilio Luciano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Patrick Björkkvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Valdieri's Emiliano Cara managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Egil Billock in the 56 minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Patrick Björkkvist's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emilio Luciano was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. When Elia Cicchini fell near the penalty area in the 57th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Valdieri's protests and gave Elia Cicchini a yellow card for diving instead. Patrick Björkkvist recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 58th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patrick Björkkvist in the 60th minute of play forced Valdieri's goalkeeper Emilio Luciano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 61st minute Patrick Björkkvist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emilio Luciano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Valdieri's Emilio Luciano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joar Ahlroth in the 63rd minute of play. Emilio Luciano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patrick Björkkvist in the 64th minute of play. Emilio Luciano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patrick Björkkvist in the 66th minute of the match. Valdieri's Emilio Luciano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Patrick Björkkvist in the 70th minute of play. When Honung's Patrick Björkkvist in the 74th minute got a chance for a shot 74th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Valdieri's goalie prevented a goal. In the 76th minute, Patrick Björkkvist left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Honung fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. Joar Ahlroth charged in rather forcefully in the 88th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Joar Ahlroth the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 89th match minute, Honung was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joar Ahlroth to maneuver through the defense. When Honung's Patrick Björkkvist in the 91st minute got a chance for a shot 91st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Valdieri's goalie prevented a goal. Eraldo Ippoliti received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Egon Olsson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.