U23 World League

Kungahuset
Spectators: 7722 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) 3 minutes into the match, Nils Mikaelsson notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Brazil Academy's Mateus Vargas. Mateus Vargas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The crowd rose to their feet as Per-Åke Galle kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Mateus Vargas. That made the score 2-0 in the 6 minute of play. In the 13th minute, Per-Åke Galle left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Kronan fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. 19 minutes into the match, Brazil Academy's goalkeeper Mateus Vargas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Per-Åke Galle. In the 21st minute, Nils Mikaelsson reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Mateus Vargas. The goal made the score 4-0. Vilhelm Brander showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcelo Mangueira, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Mateus Vargas made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when Per-Åke Galle sent off a good shot on target. When Oswaldo Guimarães fell near the penalty area in the 30th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Brazil Academy's protests and gave Oswaldo Guimarães a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Brazil Academy's Oswaldo Guimarães got a free kick in the 30th minute. Vilhelm Brander showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lúcio Munhoz, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. 35 minutes into the game, Per-Åke Galle cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. Mateus Vargas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafinha de Andrade in the 41st minute of play forced Kronan's goalkeeper Vilhelm Brander to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tage Vestlund during the 46th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 47th minute, Tage Vestlund hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Kronan's zone, Gildo Braga stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vilhelm Brander came out of the goal and Gildo Braga tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 6-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Maximiliano Omar stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Marcelo Mangueira's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vilhelm Brander was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. After 52 minutes, Marcelo Mangueira made it 6-1 with a short kick to the right side. Kronan's Vilhelm Brander tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Vilhelm Brander made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lúcio Munhoz in the 56th minute. 67 minutes into the match, Kronan's goal looked a bit too open when Marcelo Mangueira came free, but Vilhelm Brander reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vilhelm Brander made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rafinha de Andrade in the 68th minute of play. In the 69th minute, Gildo Braga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Brazil Academy's Gildo Braga got a free kick in the 71st minute. Brazil Academy were furious when Beto Xavier was red carded, 75 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After 75 played minutes Brazil Academy got a freekick which was hit by Beto Xavier. In the 76th minute Vincent Bjurström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mateus Vargas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Per-Åke Galle in the 79th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mateus Vargas prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 81 minutes of play, Kronan's Nils Mikaelsson made it 7-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mateus Vargas was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 89 played minutes Kronan got a freekick which was hit by Patrik Arhenius.