U18 World League

Arena 1903
Spectators: 10855 (Terracing: 8176, Seating: 2507, VIP seats: 172) MAFFIAN's Thomas Wassberg started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. David Mineiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 6th minute Alex Vallin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arí Sarmento saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Pragmáticos 1903 booed when MAFFIAN was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gunde Svan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gustavo Berger's late challenge caught a MAFFIAN's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gustavo Berger helped the player get up and apologised. Gustavo Berger hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Aron Dahlbom showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Telmo Palmeira in the 12th minute of the match. Alex Vallin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Arí Sarmento tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Arí Sarmento showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thomas Wassberg in the 15th minute of the match. In the 17th minute, Thomas Wassberg left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The MAFFIAN fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 20th minute, Gustavo Mazer ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aron Dahlbom was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. In the 26th minute, José Vítor Félix hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. MAFFIAN's Gunde Svan couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 27th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Pragmáticos 1903. The supporters of Pragmáticos 1903 booed when MAFFIAN was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Östen Vennersten didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 29th minute, Gustavo Abud sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and MAFFIAN's Aron Dahlbom didn't even have to move. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gustavo Abud got free with Aron Dahlbom in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Pragmáticos 1903's Arí Sarmento played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thomas Wassberg in the 32nd minute of play. If Gunde Svan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Aron Dahlbom showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gustavo Mazer, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. In the 45th minute, George Svensson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Arí Sarmento was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. The Pragmáticos 1903 players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. MAFFIAN were winning 1-2.

Arí Sarmento showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alex Vallin in the 51st minute of the match. Aron Dahlbom took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustavo Mazer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aron Dahlbom stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gustavo Mazer's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. After 64 played minutes Pragmáticos 1903 got a freekick which was hit by Tadeu do Nascimento. MAFFIAN made a substitution. Mark Widberg replaced Rudolf Josefsson. MAFFIAN's Torgny Mogren was substituted for Thomas Wassberg. After a rather tough play, Pragmáticos 1903's Tadeu do Nascimento got a free kick in the 65th minute. When the match had gone on for 67 minutes, Gunde Svan took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Arí Sarmento to make any attempt to save it. Pragmáticos 1903's Vito Furlan was substituted for Nilmar de Queirós. Pragmáticos 1903 made a substitution. Douglas Gustavo replaced Gustavo Mazer. Arí Sarmento made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Vallin in the 72nd minute of play. In the 79th minute, Alex Vallin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The MAFFIAN fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. In the 81st minute, Vito Furlan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Telmo Palmeira in the 84th minute of play forced MAFFIAN's goalkeeper Aron Dahlbom to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aron Dahlbom made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tadeu do Nascimento in the 85th minute of play. With a little luck, Pragmáticos 1903's Arí Sarmento got control of the ball when Gunde Svan tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 89th match minute, Pragmáticos 1903 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Douglas Gustavo to maneuver through the defense. Pragmáticos 1903's Arí Sarmento played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alex Vallin in the 90th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dennis Edström in the 91st minute of play forced Pragmáticos 1903's goalkeeper Arí Sarmento to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gunde Svan's late challenge caught a Pragmáticos 1903's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gunde Svan helped the player get up and apologised. After 92 played minutes MAFFIAN got a freekick which was hit by Gunde Svan. Arí Sarmento took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dennis Edström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.