U18 World League

PIRATAS STADIUM
Spectators: 7700 (Terracing: 5776, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jano Macedo kicked off to start the match. AC Milan's Karl-Åke Mattsson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save AC Milan from getting a goal against them. In the 10th match minute, AC Milan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hans Apelqvist to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jano Macedo in the 11th minute of play forced AC Milan's goalkeeper Karl-Åke Mattsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 20th match minute, AC Milan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christian Vallin to maneuver through the defense. 25 minutes into the match, PIRATAS TFP's goal looked a bit too open when Hans Apelqvist came free, but Laerte Brasil reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 27th minute, Jan Grep hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 28th minute of the match Rômulo Andrade shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Karl-Åke Mattsson showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 28 played minutes AC Milan got a freekick which was hit by Sture Holm. AC Milan's Karl-Åke Mattsson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save AC Milan from getting a goal against them. Claudinho Rossi kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. In the 35th match minute, AC Milan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Agne Palmquist to maneuver through the defense. 37 minutes into the match, AC Milan's goal looked a bit too open when Dito Donatello came free, but Karl-Åke Mattsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jano Macedo took the ball and in the 39 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Karl-Åke Mattsson. Karl-Åke Mattsson dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Christian Vallin made a kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Rômulo Andrade notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of AC Milan's Karl-Åke Mattsson. Karl-Åke Mattsson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. AC Milan's Karl-Åke Mattsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jano Macedo in the 56th minute of play. 60 minutes into the game, PIRATAS TFP's Enrique Gerber nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Karl-Åke Mattsson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. Rômulo Andrade sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Paulão Mendes's late challenge caught a AC Milan's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Paulão Mendes helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to PIRATAS TFP getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Paulão Mendes hit a great ball. Karl-Åke Mattsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Enrique Gerber in the 70th minute of play. In the 73rd minute, Ademir Moreno left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The PIRATAS TFP fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. After 76 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for PIRATAS TFP! When the match had been going on for 79 minutes, AC Milan's Christian Vallin got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Laerte Brasil. Karl-Åke Mattsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enrique Gerber in the 82nd minute of the match. In the 88th minute Rômulo Andrade shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karl-Åke Mattsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, AC Milan's Kent Ahlgren got a free kick in the 88th minute. Dito Donatello fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karl-Åke Mattsson having to interfere. If Rômulo Andrade had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Karl-Åke Mattsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dito Donatello in the 95th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. PIRATAS TFP had won after a very even match.