World League

Rubens Alves Barraca
Spectators: 7487 (Terracing: 5637, Seating: 1700, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Maximilian Johnsson got the match started through his kick off. Eusébio Barros could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 6th minute of the match, but Nils-Erik Askelöf made a huge save. Luís Guilherme Marques showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maximilian Johnsson in the 8th minute of the match. HEJA ESLÖV's attentive Joacim Brolin managed to snatch the ball when Bart Croisé made a throw-in in the 14th minute of the game. Eusébio Barros sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in BRASIL.Sp's zone, Maximilian Johnsson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Luís Guilherme Marques came out of the goal and Maximilian Johnsson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 33 minutes into the match, Maximilian Johnsson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luís Guilherme Marques. BRASIL.Sp's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Maximilian Johnsson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Nils-Erik Askelöf showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fagondo Vasquez in the 36th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eusébio Barros got free with Nils-Erik Askelöf in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Bart Croisé made in the 45th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Ernesto Illescas immediately put the ball in play. Eusébio Barros sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Eusébio Barros's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nils-Erik Askelöf read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 52nd minute of play. Luís Guilherme Marques was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ion Stârcea showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-2 in the 55 minute of play. BRASIL.Sp's Luís Guilherme Marques played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maximilian Johnsson in the 59th minute of play. Nils-Erik Askelöf showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eusébio Barros, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Nils-Erik Askelöf took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eusébio Barros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Almir Matos in the 64th minute of play forced HEJA ESLÖV's goalkeeper Nils-Erik Askelöf to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nils-Erik Askelöf showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Almir Matos in the 65th minute of the match. When Maximilian Johnsson came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the HEJA ESLÖV 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 Maximilian Johnsson couldn't finish the play. BRASIL.Sp's Marcel Sanches was substituted for Eusébio Barros. Nils-Erik Askelöf made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elói Amaral in the 72nd minute of play. Nils-Erik Askelöf showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcel Sanches in the 76th minute of the match. BRASIL.Sp made a substitution. Nilson Perez replaced Fagondo Vasquez. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maximilian Johnsson in the 85th minute of play forced BRASIL.Sp's goalkeeper Luís Guilherme Marques to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 87th minute Nilson Perez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nils-Erik Askelöf saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match clock showed 90 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Almir Matos sped through HEJA ESLÖV's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Nils-Erik Askelöf. Nils-Erik Askelöf showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elói Amaral, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. HEJA ESLÖV had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.