U18 World League

Verderena Stadium
Spectators: 7671 (Terracing: 5754, Seating: 1764, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Geraldo Lopes got the match started through his kick off. Honorato Casado's late challenge caught a CoolKidzTable's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Honorato Casado helped the player get up and apologised. 3 minutes into the game, one of GD JULIO DINIS:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 4th minute there was a penalty for CoolKidzTable. Bengt Bäckman stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Sérgio Passos. 0-1. In the 7th match minute, CoolKidzTable was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daniel Skark to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Geraldo Lopes managed to get in a good position for a shot. GD JULIO DINIS's supporters rose to their feet, but Geraldo Lopes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Folke Hellström breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andreas Martinsson in the 10th minute of play forced GD JULIO DINIS's goalkeeper Sérgio Passos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sérgio Passos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mikael Boström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sérgio Passos didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when CoolKidzTable's Andreas Martinsson shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. After having played for 28 minutes, Karl-Åke Björkdahl managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. CoolKidzTable's supporters crossed their fingers, but Karl-Åke Björkdahl was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 29th minute Andreas Martinsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sérgio Passos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, CoolKidzTable's Folke Hellström got control of the ball when Geraldo Lopes tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to CoolKidzTable getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Andreas Martinsson hit a great ball. After some careless play in the CoolKidzTable defense, Gustavo Gentil kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Folke Hellström. The CoolKidzTable fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Folke Hellström should have stopped the shot. Norberto Santana received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Folke Hellström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Andreas Martinsson made the kick off in the second half. Rudolf Caspersson's late challenge caught a GD JULIO DINIS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rudolf Caspersson helped the player get up and apologised. Rudolf Caspersson kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. When Andreas Martinsson fell near the penalty area in the 59th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored CoolKidzTable's protests and gave Andreas Martinsson a yellow card for diving instead. In the 59th match minute, CoolKidzTable was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andreas Martinsson to maneuver through the defense. Folke Hellström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Geraldo Aires, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sérgio Passos came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by CoolKidzTable's Mikael Boström. But to his dismay, Mikael Boström quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. In the 68th minute, Karl-Åke Björkdahl left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The CoolKidzTable fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-5. Andreas Martinsson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Sérgio Passos made a huge save. Sérgio Passos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mikael Boström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mikael Boström struck a weak shot in the 75th minute. Sérgio Passos didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for CoolKidzTable. Sérgio Passos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andreas Martinsson in the 77th minute of the match. Sérgio Passos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andreas Martinsson in the 79th minute of play. In the 81st minute, CoolKidzTable's Andreas Martinsson dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-6. Sérgio Passos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andreas Martinsson in the 96th minute of play. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. CoolKidzTable had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.