U23 World League

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Spectators: 7736 (Terracing: 5803, Seating: 1779, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Vintilă Şimonca kicked off to start the match. If Vintilă Şimonca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 4 minutes, Algirdas Brazauskas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC COSA NOSTRA and the Firma Barnängen players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to FC COSA NOSTRA getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Algirdas Brazauskas hit a great ball. Firma Barnängen's Rune Söder played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aloyzas Jučas in the 8th minute of play. Rune Söder showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Algirdas Brazauskas, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Stasys Povilaitis in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rune Söder saved Firma Barnängen from getting behind. In the 17thth minute of the game Stasys Povilaitis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Firma Barnängen's Rune Söder was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 21st match minute, FC COSA NOSTRA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alvydas Tamašauskis to maneuver through the defense. In the 22nd minute, João Pedro Pepe made a precise shot to the right of Rytis Paškevičius. FC COSA NOSTRA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bertil Hansson in the 24th minute of play forced FC COSA NOSTRA's goalkeeper Rytis Paškevičius to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vintilă Şimonca in the 27th minute of play forced FC COSA NOSTRA's goalkeeper Rytis Paškevičius to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rytis Paškevičius showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from João Pedro Pepe, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. After a rather tough play, FC COSA NOSTRA's Nazil Çokman got a free kick in the 33rd minute. If Humberto Alcaraz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rune Söder stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alfredas Vaitkevičius's shot from short distance in the 39th minute. Vintilă Şimonca received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Rytis Paškevičius tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 42 minutes, João Pedro Pepe took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Rytis Paškevičius to make any attempt to save it. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Stasys Povilaitis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Stasys Povilaitis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Rune Söder tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of FC COSA NOSTRA booed when Firma Barnängen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wictor Arenberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rytis Paškevičius showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from João Pedro Pepe, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. 62 minutes into the game, Humberto Alcaraz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Firma Barnängen's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC COSA NOSTRA the free kick. In the 62nd match minute, Firma Barnängen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Humberto Alcaraz to maneuver through the defense. Rune Söder made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stasys Povilaitis in the 71st minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bertil Hansson during the 71st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 71st match minute, Firma Barnängen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bertil Hansson to maneuver through the defense. Rytis Paškevičius made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vintilă Şimonca in the 76th minute of play. Alvydas Tamašauskis kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. 83 minutes into the match, FC COSA NOSTRA's goal looked a bit too open when Dani Mateo came free, but Rytis Paškevičius reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rytis Paškevičius made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Humberto Alcaraz in the 85th minute of play. Rune Söder showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stasys Povilaitis, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. After 92 minutes of play, Firma Barnängen's João Pedro Pepe made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rytis Paškevičius was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the referee ended the match the Firma Barnängen players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.