U18 World League

Marcos Mazer
Spectators: 8000 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1840, VIP seats: 160) Xentrias's Christoffer Öberg started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Ángel Romero could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Gunnar Jakobsson made a huge save. 15 minutes into the match, Xentrias's goalkeeper Gunnar Jakobsson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ángel Romero. After some fancy dribbling in the 18th minute, Christoffer Öberg managed to get in a good position for a shot. Xentrias's supporters rose to their feet, but Christoffer Öberg was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Matheus Donelli breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Matheus Donelli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pelle Rudqvist in the 21st minute of the match. Morgan Ek lost his temper 24 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 24th minute of the game. One of Xentrias:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of MAZER SAF:s goal. Paulo Renato Gonçalves's late challenge caught a Xentrias's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Paulo Renato Gonçalves helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to MAZER SAF getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Paulo Renato Gonçalves hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pelle Rudqvist in the 45th minute of play forced MAZER SAF's goalkeeper Matheus Donelli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 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 away team seemed most concentrated when Ángel Romero stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Aaron Kullgren kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. 67 minutes into the match, Pelle Rudqvist had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Matheus Donelli. MAZER SAF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pelle Rudqvist was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. MAZER SAF's Victor Donato was substituted for Almir Alcântara. After 82 minutes, André Luís Vargas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the MAZER SAF and the Xentrias players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to MAZER SAF getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. André Luís Vargas hit a great ball. In the 83rd minute, Pelle Rudqvist left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Xentrias fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Xentrias's Pelle Rudqvist got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 96 minutes into the match, Xentrias's goal looked a bit too open when Bernardinho Cunha came free, but Gunnar Jakobsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.