U23 World League

Academy Arena
Spectators: 7536 (Terracing: 5653, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Zlatan Beck got the match started through his kick off. The supporters of Dallen Fc booed when Stars Academy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Raul Faria didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Richard Bruse in the 5th minute of play forced Stars Academy's goalkeeper Almiro Benevides to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zlatan Beck in the 7th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Almiro Benevides prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match clock showed 10 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Zlatan Beck sped through Stars Academy's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Almiro Benevides. 14 minutes into the match, Dallen Fc's Casper Eriksson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Almiro Benevides narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The supporters of Dallen Fc booed when Stars Academy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alexandre Infante didn't get a good kick on the ball. Richard Bruse struck a weak shot in the 16th minute. Almiro Benevides didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Dallen Fc. When Dallen Fc's Filiph Hedin in the 18th minute got a chance for a shot 18th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Stars Academy's goalie prevented a goal. After 19 minutes of play, Dallen Fc's Zlatan Beck made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Almiro Benevides was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Dallen Fc's Richard Bruse in the 22nd minute got a chance for a shot 22nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Stars Academy's goalie prevented a goal. Almiro Benevides stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zlatan Beck's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. Almiro Benevides showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filiph Hedin in the 25th minute of the match. Almiro Benevides made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filiph Hedin in the 27th minute of play. Abílio Barata kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. In the 28th minute of the match Casper Eriksson shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Almiro Benevides showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Almiro Benevides showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zlatan Beck in the 29th minute of the match. Zlatan Beck scored 0-3 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Almiro Benevides, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Almiro Benevides showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filiph Hedin in the 37th minute of the match. Almiro Benevides showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zlatan Beck, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Almiro Benevides showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Richard Bruse, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. In the 40th minute Richard Bruse shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Almiro Benevides saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Zlatan Beck's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Almiro Benevides was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. The supporters of Stars Academy booed when Dallen Fc was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Casper Eriksson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

After a rather tough play, Stars Academy's Homero Brochado got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Almiro Benevides made an important save on a dangerous shot by Filiph Hedin in the 53rd minute. Stars Academy's Almiro Benevides proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save Stars Academy from getting a goal against them. Stars Academy's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Filiph Hedin 57 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-4. Almiro Benevides showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zlatan Beck, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. 68 minutes into the match, Dallen Fc's Zlatan Beck sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Almiro Benevides narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 69th minute, Filiph Hedin fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Almiro Benevides, passed just outside the right post. Almiro Benevides took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jim Jonasson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 78 minutes into the game, Richard Bruse recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Almiro Benevides. Richard Bruse showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-6. After 88 minutes, Zlatan Beck made it 0-7 with a short kick to the right side. Stars Academy's Almiro Benevides tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Almiro Benevides made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zlatan Beck in the 91st minute of play. In the 94th minute Filiph Hedin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Almiro Benevides saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 95th minute, Zlatan Beck ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Almiro Benevides was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-8. Dallen Fc's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.