U18 World League

Arena Milanis
Spectators: 7511 (Terracing: 5634, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Leonardo Trancoso took the kick off in the first half of the match. 5 minutes into the game, Leonardo Trancoso cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Kurt Stenberg was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 8th minute, Luiz Eduardo Custódio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 9th minute, Sven-Edvin Moberg sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Milanis E.C.'s Magno Braga didn't even have to move. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zé Carlos da Cunha got free with Kurt Stenberg in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Slipmaskinerna's Bengt Qvalfeldt got a free kick in the 20th minute. A collision led to Milanis E.C. getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Luiz Fernando de Lima hit a great ball. With a little luck, Slipmaskinerna's Kurt Stenberg got control of the ball when Leonardo Trancoso tried to sneak it across the goal line. 37 minutes into the match, Milanis E.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Marcus Drewitz came free, but Magno Braga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kurt Stenberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonardo Trancoso in the 48th minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

When Augusto das Neves came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the Milanis E.C. 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 Augusto das Neves couldn't finish the play. Magno Braga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmund Qvarnström in the 52nd minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 56 minutes, Magno Braga successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 57th minute Leonardo Trancoso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kurt Stenberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 58th match minute, Milanis E.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luiz Fernando de Lima to maneuver through the defense. Tony Löfdahl lost his temper 61 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 61st minute, one of Slipmaskinerna:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Slipmaskinerna. In the 63rd minute there was a penalty for Milanis E.C.. Luiz Fernando de Lima stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Kurt Stenberg. 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zé Carlos da Cunha in the 66th minute of play forced Slipmaskinerna's goalkeeper Kurt Stenberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Milanis E.C. defense, Edmund Qvarnström kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Magno Braga. The Milanis E.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Magno Braga should have stopped the shot. Kurt Stenberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabiano de Sousa, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Kurt Stenberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabiano de Sousa, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Magno Braga was out of position in the 81 minute of play, and Edmund Qvarnström capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Edmund Qvarnström really showed his touch with that goal: 3-2. After 84 played minutes Slipmaskinerna got a freekick which was hit by Bengt Qvalfeldt. In the 90th minute, Marcus Drewitz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Slipmaskinerna fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-3. Milanis E.C.'s Magno Braga proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 93rd minute of the match, managed to save Milanis E.C. from getting a goal against them. In the 96th minute, Guto Bueno left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Milanis E.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-3. Milanis E.C.'s supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.