U21 World League

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Spectators: 7654 (Terracing: 5742, Seating: 1760, VIP seats: 152) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Arthur Saba started the match with the kick off. Cássio Ribeiro came out of the goal in the 4th minute to try and stop a shot by Average Joes's Arthur Saba. But to his dismay, Arthur Saba quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Aaron Löfgren made in the 7th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Compugraf's Pedro Luiz Pinheiro. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Joélson Paiva in the 8th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Linus Svanström prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 10 minutes into the match, Arthur Saba dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Cássio Ribeiro, 2-0. After a rather tough play, Compugraf's Júlio Neves got a free kick in the 14th minute. 17 minutes into the match, Compugraf's goal looked a bit too open when Jo Blanchaert came free, but Cássio Ribeiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Compugraf's Cássio Ribeiro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Compugraf from getting a goal against them. Pål Askestät received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Cássio Ribeiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 24th minute Mattias Finnman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cássio Ribeiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 26 minutes of play, Average Joes's Jo Blanchaert made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cássio Ribeiro was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 29th minute, Arthur Saba left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Average Joes fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jo Blanchaert got free with Cássio Ribeiro in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cássio Ribeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jo Blanchaert in the 39th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Compugraf defense, Jo Blanchaert kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cássio Ribeiro. The Compugraf fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cássio Ribeiro should have stopped the shot. When Genílson Munhoz fell near the penalty area in the 43rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Compugraf's protests and gave Genílson Munhoz a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Average Joes booed when Compugraf was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Genílson Munhoz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cássio Ribeiro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jo Blanchaert in the 46th minute. 47 minutes into the match, Arthur Saba notched a goal, 7-0, to the right of Compugraf's Cássio Ribeiro. Cássio Ribeiro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Af the end of the first half the score was 7-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Joélson Paiva stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the Compugraf defense, Arthur Saba kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cássio Ribeiro. The Compugraf fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cássio Ribeiro should have stopped the shot. In the 59th minute, Arthur Saba left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Average Joes fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 9-0. In the 61st minute, Joélson Paiva got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When Filip Flink fell near the penalty area in the 63rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Average Joes's protests and gave Filip Flink a yellow card for diving instead. Filip Flink kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. In the 68th minute the ball was on its way in behind Average Joes's goalkeeper Linus Svanström, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Cássio Ribeiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jo Blanchaert in the 70th minute of play. Cássio Ribeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arthur Saba in the 72nd minute of the match. A very nice done corner allowed Matthias Liljeström to score against Cássio Ribeiro in Compugraf's goal. 10-0 after 73 minutes. Cássio Ribeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arthur Saba in the 78th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Average Joes's Pål Askestät got a free kick in the 81st minute. After some careless play in the Compugraf defense, Arthur Saba kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cássio Ribeiro. The Compugraf fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cássio Ribeiro should have stopped the shot. 88 minutes into the game, Average Joes's Arthur Saba nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Cássio Ribeiro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 12-0. Linus Svanström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joélson Paiva in the 91st minute of play. After a rather tough play, Compugraf's Pedro Luiz Pinheiro got a free kick in the 95th minute. Cássio Ribeiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mattias Finnman, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. Compugraf's Joélson Paiva got a good chance for a goal in the 97th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Average Joes fully deserved thier win.