World League

Arena Emilião
Spectators: 7479 (Terracing: 5611, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ademir Tande kicked off to start the match. Patrik Sikström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Charlie Bjurström in the 6th minute of the match. Seterma Tractors's Patrik Sikström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Charlie Bjurström in the 8th minute of play. In the 8th minute, Charlie Bjurström left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The DFP fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind Seterma Tractors's goalkeeper Patrik Sikström, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 12 minutes into the match, DFP's goalkeeper Joel Vallengren had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Acácio Santana. Charlie Bjurström blasted a shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Patrik Sikström having to make a save. Patrik Sikström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Charlie Bjurström in the 17th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Charlie Bjurström's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Patrik Sikström was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. If Acácio Santana had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Charlie Bjurström might have been able to make a better finish in the 22nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Patrik Sikström. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Charlie Bjurström ran back to his position shaking his head. Patrik Sikström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Charlie Bjurström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Acácio Santana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Charlie Bjurström sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Patrik Sikström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Charlie Bjurström in the 28th minute of play. In the 29th minute the ball was on its way in behind Seterma Tractors's goalkeeper Patrik Sikström, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Paulo Renato Pombal got a throw-in 32 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Enéas de Toledo. After 37 played minutes DFP got a freekick which was hit by Kennet Martinsson. If Charlie Bjurström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Charlie Bjurström in the 43rd minute of play forced Seterma Tractors's goalkeeper Patrik Sikström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 44 minutes had been played when some careless play by Seterma Tractors's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Kennet Martinsson was slow to take the kick. During this time DFP's players had a chance to rest. DFP's Charlie Bjurström got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After the first half DFP were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Charlie Bjurström to make the kick off. Charlie Bjurström might have been able to make a better finish in the 54th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Patrik Sikström. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Charlie Bjurström ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Charlie Bjurström in the 62nd minute of play forced Seterma Tractors's goalkeeper Patrik Sikström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 63rd minute of the match DFP got a corner. Seterma Tractors's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Kennet Martinsson ran over to the corner to take the kick. Kennet Martinsson made a great header on DFP's corner, it was just that Seterma Tractors's Patrik Sikström managed to reach the ball for a save. 65 minutes into the game, Nilton de Queirós cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Joel Vallengren was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Viktor Alebom was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Seterma Tractors's Aníbal Mesquita was substituted for Gil Neves. Seterma Tractors's Mário Mota was substituted for Acácio Santana. After a defensive mix-up in Seterma Tractors's zone, Stefano Lilipaly stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Patrik Sikström came out of the goal and Stefano Lilipaly tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Seterma Tractors's Patrik Sikström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Charlie Bjurström in the 76th minute of play. Augusto Soeiro made in the 82nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by DFP's Stefano Lilipaly. Patrik Sikström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Charlie Bjurström in the 83rd minute of play. Stefano Lilipaly sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nilton de Queirós in the 94th minute of play forced DFP's goalkeeper Joel Vallengren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 96th minute, Charlie Bjurström 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. The DFP players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Seterma Tractors from taking control. The game ends in a draw.