World League

Ninho do Pombo
Spectators: 7468 (Terracing: 5602, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Åke Fors got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute, Fredrik Isak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luiz Fabiano de Lima showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fredrik Isak, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. With his leg Håkan Söderberg managed to avoid a goal in the 11thth minute, when Pombal 2003 F.C.'s Sebastian Zieba fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Degerfors IF's Håkan Söderberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Di Yuan Liang in the 13th minute of play. In the 14th minute, Martxel Palmer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 16thth minute of the game Di Yuan Liang who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Degerfors IF's Håkan Söderberg was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 17th minute, Fredrik Isak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Håkan Söderberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Di Yuan Liang, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. When Degerfors IF's Åke Fors in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Pombal 2003 F.C.'s goalie prevented a goal. After 25 minutes, Åke Fors made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Pombal 2003 F.C.'s Luiz Fabiano de Lima tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After 27 minutes, Di Yuan Liang mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pombal 2003 F.C. and the Degerfors IF players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 36 minutes Degerfors IF's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Hermínio Moraes who took care of the corner kick. After 38 played minutes Pombal 2003 F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Bob Craft. After 39 played minutes Pombal 2003 F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Martxel Palmer. Di Yuan Liang took the ball and in the 47 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Håkan Söderberg. Håkan Söderberg dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Di Yuan Liang was the one to do the kick off. The supporters of Pombal 2003 F.C. booed when Degerfors IF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fredrik Isak didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Degerfors IF booed when Pombal 2003 F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luisito Bordat didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luiz Fabiano de Lima showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christian Håkansson, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Luiz Fabiano de Lima took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Åke Fors, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Onur Candar kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Åke Fors fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luiz Fabiano de Lima having to interfere. Pombal 2003 F.C.'s Luiz Fabiano de Lima proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save Pombal 2003 F.C. from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Di Yuan Liang in the 69th minute of play forced Degerfors IF's goalkeeper Håkan Söderberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 70th minute, Onur Candar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hermínio Moraes hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. Philip Kihlman's late challenge caught a Pombal 2003 F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Philip Kihlman helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Pombal 2003 F.C. booed when Degerfors IF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Philip Kihlman didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 83 minutes of play, Pombal 2003 F.C.'s Sebastian Zieba made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Håkan Söderberg was left in no man's land by his defense there! 87 minutes into the match, Degerfors IF's goal looked a bit too open when Di Yuan Liang came free, but Håkan Söderberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 91 played minutes Degerfors IF got a freekick which was hit by Fredrik Isak. 92 minutes into the match, Di Yuan Liang had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Håkan Söderberg. Degerfors IF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Di Yuan Liang was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. A throw-in in the 95th minute of the game was made by Onur Candar with Hermínio Moraes as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Håkan Söderberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Di Yuan Liang in the 96th minute of the match. There was no doubt that Pombal 2003 F.C. were the better team. Pombal 2003 F.C.'s players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.