U18 World League

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Spectators: 7673 (Terracing: 5755, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Johannes Hård kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute, Cauan Garcia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 6th minute, Timmy Alströmer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Johannes Hård managed to get in a good position for a shot. ⚓️Dynamo⚓️Mollösund⚓️'s supporters rose to their feet, but Johannes Hård was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rafael Benítez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 10th minute, Leon Sport Club's Adriano Teixeira dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Bernt Larsson charged in rather forcefully in the 15th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bernt Larsson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 15 played minutes ⚓️Dynamo⚓️Mollösund⚓️ got a freekick which was hit by Bernt Larsson. In the 17th minute, Leon Sport Club's Adriano Teixeira dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. 22 minutes into the game, Seve Ballesteros was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ⚓️Dynamo⚓️Mollösund⚓️'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Leon Sport Club the free kick. After a rather tough play, ⚓️Dynamo⚓️Mollösund⚓️'s Seve Ballesteros got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Seve Ballesteros got his second yellow card in the match during the 26th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. The supporters of Leon Sport Club booed when ⚓️Dynamo⚓️Mollösund⚓️ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Seve Ballesteros didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to ⚓️Dynamo⚓️Mollösund⚓️ getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Eric Sjöström hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, Leon Sport Club's Cauan Garcia tried to score from far away in the 29th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 38th match minute, Leon Sport Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anderson Gerber to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in ⚓️Dynamo⚓️Mollösund⚓️'s zone, Marcelo da Cunha stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Patrik Liljeström came out of the goal and Marcelo da Cunha tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Johannes Hård in the 48th minute of play forced Leon Sport Club's goalkeeper Rafael Benítez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 52nd minute Anderson Gerber shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patrik Liljeström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of ⚓️Dynamo⚓️Mollösund⚓️ booed when Leon Sport Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vágner Teixeira didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rafael Benítez didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jonas Valström went, in the 61st minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. In the 65th minute Johannes Hård shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rafael Benítez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jonas Valström got free with Rafael Benítez in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Johannes Hård's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 87thth minute, Rafael Benítez skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After 91 minutes, Greg Norman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ⚓️Dynamo⚓️Mollösund⚓️ and the Leon Sport Club players grew even worse after the yellow card. Greg Norman kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Adriano Teixeira managed to get in a good position for a shot. Leon Sport Club's supporters rose to their feet, but Adriano Teixeira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Patrik Liljeström breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Leon Sport Club's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.