World League

AC Vallen
Spectators: 7684 (Terracing: 5764, Seating: 1767, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Joel Lindman kicked off to start the match. Alf Engman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henrique Almeida in the 8th minute of play. In the 11th minute Henrique Almeida shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alf Engman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bruno Cruz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernt Carlberg in the 24th minute of the match. Bruno Cruz made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Rune Olofsson sent off a good shot on target. 28 minutes into the match, Henrique Almeida had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alf Engman. AC United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Henrique Almeida was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After 31 minutes, Henrique Almeida made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. AC United's Alf Engman tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. AC United's Alf Engman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vânderson Falcão in the 34th minute of play. Alf Engman didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vânderson Falcão went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Henrique Almeida put it in 0-5 from a short distance just to the right of Alf Engman. Alf Engman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Henrique Almeida in the 40th minute of the match. A collision led to AnÐaRaHy getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Vânderson Falcão hit a great ball. In the 45th minute Henrique Almeida shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alf Engman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The crowd rose to their feet as AnÐaRaHy's Henrique Almeida slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Alf Engman. That made the score 0-6 after 51 minutes of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 55th minute, Henrique Almeida managed to get in a good position for a shot. AnÐaRaHy's supporters rose to their feet, but Henrique Almeida was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alf Engman breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 58 played minutes Henrique Almeida rounded AC United's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-7. An unexpectedly hard shot by Henrique Almeida in the 65th minute of play forced AC United's goalkeeper Alf Engman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Henrique Almeida blasted a shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Alf Engman having to make a save. The audience was convinced that Henrique Almeida's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alf Engman was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. When Henrique Almeida, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 69 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Alf Engman was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. 72 minutes into the match, Henrique Almeida had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alf Engman. AC United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Henrique Almeida was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-9. AC United made a substitution. Arne Alén replaced Orvar Fribäck. Maurício Bittencourt hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. 81 minutes in the game Ma Feng Kuan did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Arne Alén. Alf Engman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Henrique Almeida in the 86th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rune Olofsson in the 90th minute of play forced AnÐaRaHy's goalkeeper Bruno Cruz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bruno Cruz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rune Olofsson in the 91st minute of play. When Henrique Almeida came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the AnÐaRaHy 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 Henrique Almeida couldn't finish the play. 95 minutes into the match, AC United's goalkeeper Alf Engman had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Henrique Almeida. In the 97th minute of the match AnÐaRaHy got a corner. AC United's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Vânderson Falcão ran over to the corner to take the kick. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched AnÐaRaHy eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.