U23 World League

Arena Metropolitana
Spectators: 7545 (Terracing: 5632, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 152) Charles Zonta started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The supporters of AC Metropol booed when FC Kurdish Warriors was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edvin Johnsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Niclas Hjälm's late challenge caught a AC Metropol's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Niclas Hjälm helped the player get up and apologised. Niclas Hjälm kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Wictor Hagström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Charles Zonta in the 12th minute of the match. Matías Teixeira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Niclas Hjälm in the 13th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Niclas Hjälm in the 18th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Matías Teixeira saved AC Metropol from getting behind. José Vítor Campidelis kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. The FC Kurdish Warriors fans' excitement grew in the 28th match minute when FC Kurdish Warriors's Niclas Hjälm looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. AC Metropol's Matías Teixeira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sven-Arne Gustafsson in the 31st minute of play. In the 33rd minute, Niclas Hjälm ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Matías Teixeira was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. When the match had gone on for 35 minutes, Niclas Hjälm put it in 0-5 from a short distance just to the right of Matías Teixeira. The supporters of AC Metropol booed when FC Kurdish Warriors was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Isac Christoffersson didn't get a good kick on the ball. 41 minutes into the game, FC Kurdish Warriors's Isac Christoffersson nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Matías Teixeira made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. Matías Teixeira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sven-Arne Gustafsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Sven-Arne Gustafsson to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute Sven-Arne Gustafsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matías Teixeira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 57 minutes into the game, FC Kurdish Warriors's Niclas Hjälm nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Matías Teixeira made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-7. AC Metropol's Matías Teixeira proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save AC Metropol from getting a goal against them. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Sven-Arne Gustafsson managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Kurdish Warriors's supporters rose to their feet, but Sven-Arne Gustafsson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Matías Teixeira breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 69 minutes into the match, Sven-Arne Gustafsson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Matías Teixeira. AC Metropol's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sven-Arne Gustafsson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-9. Niclas Hjälm could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Matías Teixeira made a huge save. AC Metropol's defense didn't have a chance, in the 80th minute, when Sven-Arne Gustafsson scored to the left of an out of position Matías Teixeira, making the score, 0-10. In the 86th minute the ball was on its way in behind AC Metropol's goalkeeper Matías Teixeira, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Sven-Arne Gustafsson blasted a shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Matías Teixeira having to make a save. Matías Teixeira didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Niclas Hjälm went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-11 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sven-Arne Gustafsson in the 95th minute of play forced AC Metropol's goalkeeper Matías Teixeira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Kurdish Warriors's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.