U18 World League

Arena Bombadão
Spectators: 7448 (Terracing: 5587, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Arvid Åberg made the kick off which started today's match. With a little luck, Björnlunda IF's Karl-Åke Benet got control of the ball when André Costa tried to sneak it across the goal line. 17 minutes into the game, Jorge Oliveira threw the ball into play from the sideline. Björnlunda IF's Calle Helberg quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. An unexpectedly hard shot by Waldir Pontes in the 20th minute of play forced Björnlunda IF's goalkeeper Karl-Åke Benet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 24th match minute, Xandeco FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jorge Oliveira to maneuver through the defense. Simon Wennersten received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Waldemar Torres tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Kauan Lago came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the Xandeco FC 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 Kauan Lago couldn't finish the play. After some fancy dribbling in the 32nd minute, Simon Wennersten managed to get in a good position for a shot. Björnlunda IF's supporters rose to their feet, but Simon Wennersten was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Waldemar Torres breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Waldemar Torres showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arvid Åberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. A collision led to Xandeco FC getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Waldir Pontes hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Simon Wennersten managed to get in a good position for a shot. Björnlunda IF's supporters rose to their feet, but Simon Wennersten was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Waldemar Torres breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Waldemar Torres made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Simon Wennersten in the 42nd minute of play. In the 45th match minute, Björnlunda IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Evert Vibjörnsson to maneuver through the defense. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

In the 56th minute, Bengt Blomqvist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Simon Wennersten fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Waldemar Torres having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Simon Wennersten's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Waldemar Torres was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. Simon Wennersten did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-1 to the left of a surprised Waldemar Torres 63 minutes into the match. Waldemar Torres made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arvid Åberg in the 72nd minute. After 76 minutes of play, Björnlunda IF's Arvid Åberg made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Waldemar Torres was left in no man's land by his defense there! Bengt Blomqvist hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. 85 minutes into the match, Björnlunda IF's goal looked a bit too open when Walmir Leme came free, but Karl-Åke Benet reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 86 minutes, Waldir Pontes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Xandeco FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Waldir Pontes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After having played for 89 minutes, Waldir Pontes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Xandeco FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Waldir Pontes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 92 played minutes Xandeco FC got a freekick which was hit by André Costa. In the 93rd minute Simon Wennersten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Waldemar Torres saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by André Costa during the 96th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see Xandeco FC lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.