U23 World League

HEDONISM ARENA
Spectators: 7538 (Terracing: 5655, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) A collision led to HEDONISM U18 getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Costel Calini hit a great ball. Tiago Cosme sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 10 minutes into the match, HEDONISM U18's goal looked a bit too open when Frank Rosa came free, but Mikael Rudqvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 11th minute, Enrique Abreu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Agua Santa fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Rune Bagge's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 16thth minute, Tomé Mota skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Rune Bagge's late challenge caught a Agua Santa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rune Bagge helped the player get up and apologised. Rune Bagge hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. In the 23rd match minute, HEDONISM U18 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Costel Calini to maneuver through the defense. When Eugênio Monteiro came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the Agua Santa fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Eugênio Monteiro couldn't finish the play. Mikael Rudqvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Enrique Abreu, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. 25 minutes into the game, Enrique Abreu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Mikael Rudqvist was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With a little luck, Agua Santa's Tomé Mota got control of the ball when August Ryberg tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 42nd minute, Koios Paloumbas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Frank Rosa to make the kick off. Enrique Abreu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Mikael Rudqvist made a huge save. After a rather tough play, HEDONISM U18's Ingmar Haström got a free kick in the 55th minute. Agua Santa made a substitution. William Luz replaced Fábio Lopez. After a rather tough play, HEDONISM U18's Ingmar Haström got a free kick in the 57th minute. Mikael Rudqvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Rosa in the 58th minute of play. After 59 played minutes HEDONISM U18 got a freekick which was hit by Oliverios Mendez. After 63 minutes of play HEDONISM U18's Rune Bagge was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 64th minute, Rune Bagge hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, HEDONISM U18's Harald Boberg got a free kick in the 69th minute. Enrique Abreu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mikael Rudqvist having to interfere. After 85 played minutes Agua Santa got a freekick which was hit by Frank Rosa. Rafael Cruz kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Tiago Cosme managed to get in a good position for a shot. Agua Santa's supporters rose to their feet, but Tiago Cosme was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mikael Rudqvist breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The Agua Santa players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.