U18 World League

Arena Fonte Nova
Spectators: 7511 (Terracing: 5634, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Zé Roberto Fonseca started the match with the kick off. Roger Lagerberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Donato Furlan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 12th minute, Geovanni da Silva hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Blomstermåla BK's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Bengt-Arne Martinsson in the 18th minute. Blomstermåla BK's Bengt-Arne Martinsson was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Donato Furlan in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Edward Hultman charged in rather forcefully in the 18th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Edward Hultman the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 22 minutes, Adelino Castro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mochila FC and the Blomstermåla BK players grew even worse after the yellow card. The audience was convinced that Roger Lagerberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Donato Furlan was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. After 31 minutes, Nuno Galvão mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mochila FC and the Blomstermåla BK players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 31 played minutes Mochila FC got a freekick which was hit by Nuno Galvão. With his leg Gottfrid Kinnman managed to avoid a goal in the 37thth minute, when Mochila FC's Zé Roberto Fonseca fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Zé Roberto Fonseca in the 37thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Gottfrid Kinnman, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 44th minute, Zé Roberto Fonseca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alfred Lövgren stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Gottfrid Kinnman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nuno Galvão, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. 63 minutes into the match, Mochila FC's goalkeeper Donato Furlan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Roger Lagerberg. Zé Roberto Fonseca hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Mochila FC's zone, Roger Lagerberg stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Donato Furlan came out of the goal and Roger Lagerberg tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With splendid footwork Alfred Lövgren arrived in front of goal to shoot 0-1 by the left pole in the game's 70th minute. Blomstermåla BK's Edward Hultman got his second yellow card of the match in the 75th minute. The referee ordered Edward Hultman off the ground. Edward Hultman kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. In the 79th minute, Nuno Galvão ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gottfrid Kinnman was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Donato Furlan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfred Lövgren in the 87th minute of the match. Zé Roberto Fonseca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.