U23 World League

Estádio Figueiredo
Spectators: 7848 (Terracing: 5888, Seating: 1804, VIP seats: 156) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Christiano Ronaldo got the match started through his kick off. The audience was convinced that Aimar Aimar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roland Lindström was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. After some careless play in the Ique Football Club defense, Martin Odén kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of João Francisco Leme. The Ique Football Club fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that João Francisco Leme should have stopped the shot. In the 12thth minute of the game Christiano Ronaldo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ique Football Club's João Francisco Leme was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Aimar Aimar was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 15th minute. Ique Football Club's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. João Francisco Leme showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Esbjörn Söder, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. When the match had gone on for 21 minutes, Samuca Leal took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Roland Lindström to make any attempt to save it. After a rather tough play, Ique Football Club's Cafu Varela got a free kick in the 30th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, Martin Odén managed to get in a good position for a shot. Juoksengi's supporters rose to their feet, but Martin Odén was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. João Francisco Leme breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Roland Lindström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aimar Aimar in the 33rd minute of the match. Aimar Aimar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With a little luck, Juoksengi's Roland Lindström got control of the ball when Aimar Aimar tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 38th minute, Ique Football Club's Aimar Aimar ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Roland Lindström. Roland Lindström yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. Samuca Leal charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Samuca Leal the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Ique Football Club's Samuca Leal got a free kick in the 42nd minute. João Francisco Leme showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christiano Ronaldo, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Moisés Arruda made a kick off. With a little luck, Ique Football Club's João Francisco Leme got control of the ball when Christiano Ronaldo tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 60 played minutes Juoksengi got a freekick which was hit by Nils Wallander. In the 65th minute, Aimar Aimar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 67 minutes into the game, Billy Oja was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Juoksengi's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ique Football Club the free kick. Juoksengi's Roland Lindström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aimar Aimar in the 68th minute of play. Ique Football Club were awarded a corner in the 74th minute after Juoksengi's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Samuca Leal took the corner. Christiano Ronaldo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 79th minute of the match, but João Francisco Leme made a huge save. Christiano Ronaldo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but João Francisco Leme made a huge save. 86 minutes into the game, Perivaldo Sampaio was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ique Football Club's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Juoksengi the free kick. In the 86th match minute, Ique Football Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Perivaldo Sampaio to maneuver through the defense. In the 88th minute, Esbjörn Söder 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. If Christiano Ronaldo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. For all the effort they put into the match, the Juoksengi players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Ique Football Club.