U23 World League

Valhallvallen
Spectators: 7503 (Terracing: 5628, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when João Paulo Cardozo took the kick off in the first half of the match. FC Valkyria's Alvin Månsson was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 9th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Kristoffer Fransson took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ricardo Baptista. Ricardo Baptista 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. Kristoffer Fransson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Per Kjellberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from João Paulo Cardozo, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. In the 26th minute, João Carlos Paraense hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 33rd minute, Alvin Månsson reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ricardo Baptista. The goal made the score 3-0. In the 40th minute Alf Odén shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardo Baptista saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 42nd minute of the match, August Lundblad got a very nice opportunity to score, but Ricardo Baptista was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The crowd rose to their feet as August Lundblad kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ricardo Baptista. That made the score 5-0 in the 44 minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

Ricardo Baptista showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alvin Månsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. Ricardo Baptista showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alvin Månsson in the 54th minute of the match. Ricardo Baptista didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from August Lundblad went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. Alvin Månsson took the ball and in the 59 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ricardo Baptista. Ricardo Baptista dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-0. After a defensive mix-up in La Società Sport Osasco's zone, Börje Stenman stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ricardo Baptista came out of the goal and Börje Stenman tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some careless play in the La Società Sport Osasco defense, Kristoffer Fransson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ricardo Baptista. The La Società Sport Osasco fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ricardo Baptista should have stopped the shot. Ricardo Baptista showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alvin Månsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Falcão Jacinto's late challenge caught a FC Valkyria's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Falcão Jacinto helped the player get up and apologised. After some careless play in the La Società Sport Osasco defense, August Lundblad kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ricardo Baptista. The La Società Sport Osasco fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ricardo Baptista should have stopped the shot. Ricardo Baptista made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alvin Månsson in the 87th minute of play. Kristoffer Fransson might have been able to make a better finish in the 92nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ricardo Baptista. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kristoffer Fransson ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 92nd match minute, La Società Sport Osasco was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Baltazar Rodrigues to maneuver through the defense. Alvin Månsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. FC Valkyria had played much better football throughout.