U21 World League

Arena Manchão
Spectators: 7504 (Terracing: 5629, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Murilo Paes made the kick off which started today's match. 2 minutes into the game, Murilo Paes was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ekzema F.V.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Vejbystrand the free kick. Vejbystrand's attentive Fredric Örtendahl managed to snatch the ball when Matheus Aparecido made a throw-in in the 6th minute of the game. Jarl Kalfhage made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fred Vianna in the 8th minute of play. In the 8th minute Fred Vianna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jarl Kalfhage saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sílvio Cordeiro got free with Jarl Kalfhage in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Vejbystrand's Fredric Örtendahl managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Matheus Aparecido in the 14 minute of the game. After 17 played minutes Vejbystrand got a freekick which was hit by Egon Tönnberg. In the 19th minute, Murilo Paes made a precise shot to the right of Jarl Kalfhage. Vejbystrand's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. After 24 minutes of play, Vejbystrand's Leonardo Stensson made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Wellington Baiano was left in no man's land by his defense there! Tommy Norberg hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. In the 30th minute, Matheus Aparecido hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ekzema F.V.'s Wellington Baiano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leonardo Stensson in the 37th minute of play. The supporters of Ekzema F.V. booed when Vejbystrand was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Oskar Deckbergh didn't get a good kick on the ball. 41 minutes in the game Fabinho Sarmento after having made a beautiful turn got a great opportunity to score and fired away a shot that went just to the left past a relieved Jarl Kalfhage. A very good opportunity. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Leonardo Stensson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Leonardo Stensson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Wellington Baiano was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. 62 minutes into the match, Ekzema F.V.'s goalkeeper Wellington Baiano had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Birger Hammarbäck. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Fredric Örtendahl managed to get in a good position for a shot. Vejbystrand's supporters rose to their feet, but Fredric Örtendahl was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Wellington Baiano breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 65 minutes into the game, Matheus Aparecido threw the ball into play from the sideline. Vejbystrand's Egon Tönnberg quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 68th minute, Leonardo Stensson got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 70thth minute of the game Leonardo Stensson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ekzema F.V.'s Wellington Baiano was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 72nd minute, Matheus Aparecido hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Wellington Baiano stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Leonardo Stensson's shot from short distance in the 74th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Fredric Örtendahl during the 77th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Vejbystrand's Fredric Örtendahl got a free kick in the 77th minute. Vejbystrand's Jarl Kalfhage played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Murilo Paes in the 79th minute of play. Ekzema F.V.'s Wellington Baiano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leonardo Stensson in the 81st minute of play. Jarl Kalfhage didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Murilo Paes went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. The supporters of Vejbystrand booed when Ekzema F.V. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Murilo Paes didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Ekzema F.V. support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.