U21 World League

Sunken Arena
Spectators: 7550 (Terracing: 5664, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Martin Bolin made the kick off which started today's match. Martin Bolin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karim Bado having to interfere. After some careless play in the Sunkens Surtröjor defense, Lenílson Gomes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Folke Ersman. The Sunkens Surtröjor fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Folke Ersman should have stopped the shot. In the 14th minute Lenílson Gomes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Folke Ersman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 16 minutes into the match, Sunkens Surtröjor's goal looked a bit too open when Thomás do Valle came free, but Folke Ersman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Folke Ersman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lenílson Gomes, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Ludvig Sundin charged in rather forcefully in the 21st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ludvig Sundin the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ludvig Sundin hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Ludvig Sundin hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lenílson Gomes in the 31st minute of play forced Sunkens Surtröjor's goalkeeper Folke Ersman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 34 minutes into the game, Lenílson Gomes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Folke Ersman was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After some careless play in the Sunkens Surtröjor defense, Thomás do Valle kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Folke Ersman. The Sunkens Surtröjor fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Folke Ersman should have stopped the shot. Folke Ersman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frederico França, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With an all-out effort, Sunkens Surtröjor's Karim Bado threw himself towards the right post 42 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Folke Frisk, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. A collision led to Sunkens Surtröjor getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Niklas Ekström hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lenílson Gomes in the 48th minute of play forced Sunkens Surtröjor's goalkeeper Folke Ersman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Frederico França to make the kick off. Folke Ersman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frederico França in the 51st minute of play. 51 minutes into the match, Frederico França had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Folke Ersman. Sunkens Surtröjor's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Frederico França was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. The audience thought a goal was coming when Frederico França got free with Folke Ersman in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sunkens Surtröjor's Folke Ersman proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save Sunkens Surtröjor from getting a goal against them. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Karl Stenkvist during the 69th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Sunkens Surtröjor's Karl Stenkvist got a free kick in the 69th minute. Sunkens Surtröjor's Folke Ersman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lenílson Gomes in the 91st minute of play. Karim Bado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martin Bolin in the 95th minute of the match.