U18 World League

NINHO de CUCOS
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5626, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) Lúcio Lopes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Konrad Valström, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Kurt Stenberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Almiro Camacho in the 10th minute of play. Robert Stenkvist hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. If Konrad Valström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Slipmaskinerna's Kurt Stenberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Almiro Camacho in the 15th minute of play. Slipmaskinerna's Kurt Stenberg proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save Slipmaskinerna from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Januário Martins got free with Kurt Stenberg in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Slipmaskinerna's defense didn't have a chance, in the 26th minute, when Almiro Camacho scored to the left of an out of position Kurt Stenberg, making the score, 1-0. 33 minutes into the match, Slipmaskinerna's goal looked a bit too open when Almiro Camacho came free, but Kurt Stenberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arrebimba o Malho SLB's Januário Martins got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 37 minutes into the game, Januário Martins cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Kurt Stenberg was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Konrad Valström made a kick off. Konrad Valströms short, quick shot in the 51stth minute got Lúcio Lopes to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 56 minutes into the match, Slipmaskinerna's goal looked a bit too open when Almiro Camacho came free, but Kurt Stenberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bengt Qvalfeldt's late challenge caught a Arrebimba o Malho SLB's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bengt Qvalfeldt helped the player get up and apologised. 60 minutes into the game, one of Slipmaskinerna:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When Konrad Valström came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the Slipmaskinerna fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Konrad Valström couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Slipmaskinerna's Aaron Danielsson got a free kick in the 74th minute. Konrad Valström could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Lúcio Lopes made a huge save. Lúcio Lopes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jörgen Vallgren in the 83rd minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Konrad Valström got free with Lúcio Lopes in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Slipmaskinerna's Kurt Stenberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Óscar Caires in the 88th minute of play. Lúcio Lopes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Konrad Valström in the 91st minute of play. Lúcio Lopes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Konrad Valström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 94 minutes into the match, Arrebimba o Malho SLB's goalkeeper Lúcio Lopes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Konrad Valström. Sven-Edvin Moberg's late challenge caught a Arrebimba o Malho SLB's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sven-Edvin Moberg helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Slipmaskinerna getting a freekick after 98 minutes play. Sven-Edvin Moberg hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Arrebimba o Malho SLB had won after a very even match.