U23 World League

Xtra Advantage
Spectators: 7583 (Terracing: 5688, Seating: 1744, VIP seats: 151) In the 6th minute, Rudolf Ekblom hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Duarte de Barros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jim Kling, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ludwig Fransson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Paulinho Santos's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. In the 28th minute Jim Kling shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Duarte de Barros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 29th minute Nils Eklund shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Duarte de Barros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 30 minutes into the match, Minotauro's goalkeeper Duarte de Barros had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Niclas Blom. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Romeu Sousa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Minotauro's supporters rose to their feet, but Romeu Sousa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ludwig Fransson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, Minotauro's Tiaguinho Martins got a free kick in the 48th minute. Minotauro made a substitution. Fábio Vides replaced Kiko Proença. Minotauro made a substitution. Edgard Marques replaced Kaká Recife. In the 50th match minute, Minotauro was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tiaguinho Martins to maneuver through the defense. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Romeu Sousa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Romeu Sousa 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. An unexpected shot in the 56th minute by Romeu Sousa got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Nils Eklund kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. The supporters of Team Xtra personell booed when Minotauro was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Chicão Corrêa didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 59th minute Jim Kling shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Duarte de Barros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 60 minutes, Zé Paulo Mendonça mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Minotauro and the Team Xtra personell players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Team Xtra personell booed when Minotauro was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zé Paulo Mendonça didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 64thth minute of the game Jim Kling who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Minotauro's Duarte de Barros was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 64 minutes, Jim Kling put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Duarte de Barros. In the 67th match minute, Team Xtra personell was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jim Kling to maneuver through the defense. Romeu Sousa struck a weak shot in the 68th minute. Ludwig Fransson didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Minotauro. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Ekström in the 78th minute of play forced Minotauro's goalkeeper Duarte de Barros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Team Xtra personell booed when Minotauro was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emílio Matorin didn't get a good kick on the ball. After recieving a nice pass, Team Xtra personell's Verner Näver tried to score from far away in the 87th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After 91 played minutes Minotauro got a freekick which was hit by Chicão Corrêa. In the 92nd minute, Minotauro's Jano Palmeira seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Jano Palmeira the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Minotauro protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Jano Palmeira had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 93rd match minute, Minotauro was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jano Palmeira to maneuver through the defense. Duarte de Barros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Verner Näver in the 94th minute of play. Ludwig Fransson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Romeu Sousa in the 96th minute.