U23 World League

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Spectators: 7593 (Terracing: 5696, Seating: 1746, VIP seats: 151) Christer Hylander fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wilfredo Rodriguez having to interfere. Wilfredo Rodriguez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frans Enegren in the 8th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jeff Beck got free with Johan Hultin in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Joakim Fernkvist hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. 17 minutes into the game, Christer Hylander cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Wilfredo Rodriguez was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Christer Hylander fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wilfredo Rodriguez having to interfere. Johan Hultin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jeff Beck in the 25th minute. Christer Hylander sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Pindobassu EC's Andrézinho França got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Wilfredo Rodriguez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christer Hylander in the 36th minute of the match. In the 37thth minute of the game Christer Hylander who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pindobassu EC's Wilfredo Rodriguez was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Johan Hultin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nilmar Vargas in the 41st minute of play. 46 minutes into the match, Jeff Beck dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Johan Hultin, 1-1. 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 Jeff Beck stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Christer Hylander received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Wilfredo Rodriguez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Johan Hultin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dorian Hoffmann, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 55 minutes had been played when some careless play by Rönnöfors FF's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nilmar Vargas was slow to take the kick. During this time Pindobassu EC's players had a chance to rest. In the 58th minute, Kjell Nordstedt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Johan Hultin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nilmar Vargas in the 60th minute of play. 63 minutes into the match, Pindobassu EC's goal looked a bit too open when Anders Holm came free, but Wilfredo Rodriguez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wilfredo Rodriguez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anders Holm in the 63rd minute of the match. After 65 minutes, Nilmar Vargas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pindobassu EC and the Rönnöfors FF players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 66th match minute, Pindobassu EC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nilmar Vargas to maneuver through the defense. Nilmar Vargas hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. In the 69th minute, Nilmar Vargas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Johan Hultin was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. After 71 played minutes Rönnöfors FF got a freekick which was hit by Anders Holm. Wilfredo Rodriguez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Krister Flinck, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rönnöfors FF's Johan Hultin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jeff Beck in the 77th minute of play. After 88 played minutes Rönnöfors FF got a freekick which was hit by Christer Hylander. Pindobassu EC made a substitution. Gilberto Cordeiro replaced Humberto Diniz. The supporters of Pindobassu EC booed when Rönnöfors FF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christer Hylander didn't get a good kick on the ball. Johan Hultin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gilberto Cordeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. The supporters of Pindobassu EC booed when Rönnöfors FF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christer Hylander didn't get a good kick on the ball. Johan Hultin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jeff Beck in the 94th minute of the match. In the 95th minute, Joakim Fernkvist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pindobassu EC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.