U21 World League

Savannah of Africa
Spectators: 7459 (Terracing: 5595, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Rasmus Botvidsson took the kick off in the first half of the match. Jörgen Qvalfeldt didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when LA IMPRENTA's Melchor Cordara shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Lázaro Pio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rasmus Botvidsson in the 9th minute. Lázaro Pio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rasmus Botvidsson went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. After some fancy dribbling in the 15th minute, Björn Hammarbäck managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cheetah Team's supporters rose to their feet, but Björn Hammarbäck was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lázaro Pio breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Lázaro Pio made a fantastic save in the 16th minute, when Rasmus Botvidsson sent off a good shot on target. Jörgen Qvalfeldt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Melchor Cordara in the 21st minute of the match. Rasmus Botvidssons short, quick shot in the 23rdth minute got Lázaro Pio to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Oskar Pettersson hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. 31 minutes into the match, Cheetah Team's goal looked a bit too open when Ceferino Inko came free, but Jörgen Qvalfeldt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 33 minutes, Rasmus Botvidsson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cheetah Team and the LA IMPRENTA players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Cheetah Team getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Rasmus Botvidsson hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Melchor Cordara in the 36th minute of play forced Cheetah Team's goalkeeper Jörgen Qvalfeldt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 48th minute, Melchor Cordara left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The LA IMPRENTA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Melchor Cordara was the one to do the kick off. In the 56th minute Narciso Honesto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jörgen Qvalfeldt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lázaro Pio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Björn Hammarbäck in the 64th minute of play. In the 66thth minute of the game Rasmus Botvidsson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but LA IMPRENTA's Lázaro Pio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 67thth minute of the game Rasmus Botvidsson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but LA IMPRENTA's Lázaro Pio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Rutger Gustafsson hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Melchor Cordara got free with Jörgen Qvalfeldt in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dalmacio Elixio hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Björn Hammarbäck recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 79th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Lázaro Pio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rasmus Botvidsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. When Virgilio Naldo came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the LA IMPRENTA fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Virgilio Naldo couldn't finish the play. The supporters of Cheetah Team booed when LA IMPRENTA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Felipe Maxin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Virgilio Naldo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Jörgen Qvalfeldt made a huge save. Severo Urtsua lost his temper 96 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. 95 minutes into the game, one of LA IMPRENTA:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Lázaro Pio had in the 98thth minute some difficulties stopping Fredric Jansson's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 98 minutes into the match, Fredric Jansson notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of LA IMPRENTA's Lázaro Pio. Lázaro Pio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Cheetah Team's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.