World League

ARENA LPMZ
Spectators: 7541 (Terracing: 5657, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Sermet Tacal took the kick off in the first half of the match. Telmo Valadares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jorge Mendiko in the 8th minute of play. Sermet Tacal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Lilla Jordberga BK's Lennart Johansson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Lilla Jordberga BK from getting a goal against them. In the 19th minute of the match, Sermet Tacal tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Lennart Johansson saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 22nd minute Marko Lindholm shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Telmo Valadares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thomas-Jan Thomas in the 24th minute of play forced Lupere FC - DMZ's goalkeeper Telmo Valadares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 29thth minute of the game Sermet Tacal who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Lilla Jordberga BK's Lennart Johansson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some careless play in the Lupere FC - DMZ defense, Thomas-Jan Thomas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Telmo Valadares. The Lupere FC - DMZ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Telmo Valadares should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jorge Mendiko in the 34th minute of play forced Lupere FC - DMZ's goalkeeper Telmo Valadares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 37 minutes of play, Lilla Jordberga BK's Simão Rosado made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Telmo Valadares was left in no man's land by his defense there! Telmo Valadares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marko Lindholm, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Telmo Valadares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marko Lindholm, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. João de Sousa hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Sermet Tacal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lennart Johansson having to interfere.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jorge Mendiko made a kick off. Jorge Mendikos short, quick shot in the 56thth minute got Telmo Valadares to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Telmo Valadares made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Jorge Mendiko sent off a good shot on target. Telmo Valadares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jorge Mendiko in the 62nd minute. Lupere FC - DMZ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Eduardo Paraense in the 64th minute. After taking down the ball on Lupere FC - DMZ's corner Eduardo Paraense fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Lennart Johansson quite easily take care of the ball. Telmo Valadares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jorge Mendiko in the 68th minute. In the 71st minute, Sermet Tacal made a precise shot to the right of Lennart Johansson. Lilla Jordberga BK's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sermet Tacal in the 79th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lennart Johansson saved Lilla Jordberga BK from getting behind. Lupere FC - DMZ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Eduardo Paraense in the 80th minute. With a little luck, Lupere FC - DMZ's Telmo Valadares got control of the ball when Marko Lindholm tried to sneak it across the goal line. Telmo Valadares made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Thomas-Jan Thomas sent off a good shot on target. Lennart Johansson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sermet Tacal, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. In the 89th minute Sermet Tacal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lennart Johansson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 90 minutes, Sermet Tacal managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lupere FC - DMZ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sermet Tacal was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Lilla Jordberga BK walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.