U21 World League

Relvado Arena
Spectators: 7674 (Terracing: 5756, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Sven-Arne Gustafsson started the match with the kick off. Facopo FBPA's Flávio Carioca got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Timmy Hasselqvist in the 6th minute of play forced Facopo FBPA's goalkeeper Enio Trigo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 7 minutes, Timmy Hasselqvist mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Kurdish Warriors and the Facopo FBPA players grew even worse after the yellow card. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Adriano Perez managed to get in a good position for a shot. Facopo FBPA's supporters rose to their feet, but Adriano Perez was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Wictor Hagström breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Enio Trigo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sven-Arne Gustafsson in the 19th minute of the match. In the 23rd minute Isac Christoffersson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Enio Trigo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With an all-out effort, Facopo FBPA's Wictor Hagström threw himself towards the right post 25 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Adriano Perez, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After a rather tough play, FC Kurdish Warriors's Edvin Johnsson got a free kick in the 40th minute. In the 41st minute of the match Vitório Bueno shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Wictor Hagström showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The supporters of FC Kurdish Warriors booed when Facopo FBPA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Laércio Gaspar didn't get a good kick on the ball. Facopo FBPA's Enio Trigo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Niclas Hjälm in the 45th minute of play. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Adriano Perez to make the kick off. Enio Trigo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sven-Arne Gustafsson in the 52nd minute of play. Enio Trigo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sven-Arne Gustafsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Dé Fontes hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. The long shot by Niclas Hjälm in the 59th minute really tested Enio Trigo's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Enio Trigo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sven-Arne Gustafsson in the 63rd minute of play. Enio Trigo made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Niclas Hjälm sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isac Christoffersson in the 66th minute of play forced Facopo FBPA's goalkeeper Enio Trigo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wictor Hagström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Walmyr Simões, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. In the 70th match minute, Facopo FBPA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vitório Bueno to maneuver through the defense. Vitório Bueno kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. Wictor Hagström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adriano Perez in the 76th minute of the match. A collision led to Facopo FBPA getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Vitório Bueno hit a great ball. In the 79th minute, Vitório Bueno fired away an extremely well hit free kick, but unfortunately the ball went just outside to the right hand side of Wictor Hagström. The supporters of FC Kurdish Warriors booed when Facopo FBPA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Flávio Carioca didn't get a good kick on the ball. Niclas Hjälm could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Enio Trigo made a huge save. With a little luck, Facopo FBPA's Enio Trigo got control of the ball when Conny Andreasson tried to sneak it across the goal line. Wictor Hagström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adriano Perez in the 91st minute of the match. In the 92nd minute, Adriano Perez made a precise shot to the right of Wictor Hagström. FC Kurdish Warriors's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. After a rather tough play, FC Kurdish Warriors's Sven-Arne Gustafsson got a free kick in the 94th minute. FC Kurdish Warriors were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.