U23 World League

Arena Salvador
Spectators: 8150 (Terracing: 6113, Seating: 1874, VIP seats: 163) Luizão Loureiro started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Benjamin de Mendonça showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from De-la-Cruz Fantasia in the 3rd minute of the match. Benjamin de Mendonça took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from De-la-Cruz Fantasia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 7th minute Qin Ke Kun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benjamin de Mendonça saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. De-la-Cruz Fantasia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Benjamin de Mendonça took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Trym Johnsrud, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 15th minute of the match Ballkam Sportsklubb got a corner. Torino SSA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Yngve Johnstad ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Yngve Johnstad got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Benjamin de Mendonça quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. With an all-out effort, Torino SSA's Igor Haikin threw himself towards the right post 18 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Luizão Loureiro, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Torino SSA were awarded a corner in the 19th minute after Ballkam Sportsklubb's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Guilherme Rauh took the corner. A collision led to Torino SSA getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Guilherme Rauh hit a great ball. Benjamin de Mendonça made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from De-la-Cruz Fantasia in the 26th minute of play. Guilherme Rauh came free with the goalkeeper in the 27th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Igor Haikin could save by the left post. The audience was convinced that Trym Johnsrud's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benjamin de Mendonça was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. In the 29th match minute, Ballkam Sportsklubb was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christoffer Aarset to maneuver through the defense. With an all-out effort, Torino SSA's Igor Haikin threw himself towards the right post 32 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Benjamin Dias, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Yngve Johnstad's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Benjamin de Mendonça read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 35th minute of play. In the 36th match minute, Torino SSA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Beto Neves to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 38 minutes, Luizão Loureiro took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Igor Haikin to make any attempt to save it. Enio Dracena hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match.

Benjamin de Mendonça made an important save on a dangerous shot by De-la-Cruz Fantasia in the 51st minute. Ballkam Sportsklubb's Igor Haikin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Beto Neves in the 55th minute of play. A collision led to Torino SSA getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Benjamin Dias hit a great ball. Benjamin de Mendonça took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Trym Johnsrud, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Igor Haikin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Beto Neves in the 61st minute of play. Beto Neves took the ball and in the 61 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Igor Haikin. Igor Haikin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. If Qin Ke Kun had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 67 minutes into the match, De-la-Cruz Fantasia notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Torino SSA's Benjamin de Mendonça. Benjamin de Mendonça was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Torino SSA's Benjamin de Mendonça played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Trym Johnsrud in the 70th minute of play. Luizão Loureiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Luizão Loureiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Igor Haikin having to interfere. Torino SSA's Denis Sasu was substituted for Elias Saldanha. Ballkam Sportsklubb made a substitution. Nikki Kassa replaced De-la-Cruz Fantasia. Torino SSA made a substitution. Herbert Lindberg replaced Beto Neves. In the 90th minute Ballkam Sportsklubb were awarded a corner. Yngve Johnstad went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Ballkam Sportsklubb's corner Nikki Kassa fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Benjamin de Mendonça quite easily take care of the ball. Qin Ke Kun charged in rather forcefully in the 91st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Qin Ke Kun the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 91st minute, Qin Ke Kun hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 94 minutes into the match, Torino SSA's goalkeeper Benjamin de Mendonça had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ianis Hagi. Torino SSA's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.