U23 World League

Sniper Arena
Spectators: 7516 (Terracing: 5638, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) After 3 played minutes, FC Snipers's Roland Haglund shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Adérito Vilaça came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in FC Snipers reached it. After some careless play in the FC Snipers defense, Franck Abildvang kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Emanuel Brandin. The FC Snipers fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Emanuel Brandin should have stopped the shot. Emanuel Brandin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cezary Karpinski in the 19th minute of play. In the 21st minute Franck Abildvang shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emanuel Brandin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Franck Abildvang came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the Rua da Pinga 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 Franck Abildvang couldn't finish the play. 28 minutes into the match, FC Snipers's goal looked a bit too open when Cezary Karpinski came free, but Emanuel Brandin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Adérito Vilaça acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 40th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Greger Kullgren. Franck Abildvang received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Emanuel Brandin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cezary Karpinski was the one to do the kick off. Ingvar Vedholm hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Emanuel Brandin came out of the goal in the 53rd minute to try and stop a shot by Rua da Pinga's Cezary Karpinski. But to his dismay, Cezary Karpinski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Emanuel Brandin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Franck Abildvang, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cezary Karpinski's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Emanuel Brandin firmly grabbed it by the left post. 70 minutes into the match, FC Snipers's goalkeeper Emanuel Brandin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cezary Karpinski. Adérito Vilaça took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lennart Svensson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the FC Snipers defense, Cezary Karpinski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Emanuel Brandin. The FC Snipers fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Emanuel Brandin should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Rua da Pinga's Sidónio Pacheco got a free kick in the 81st minute. Cezary Karpinski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Emanuel Brandin made a huge save. In the 93rd minute Franck Abildvang shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emanuel Brandin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Sidónio Pacheco came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Rua da Pinga 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 Sidónio Pacheco couldn't finish the play. When the final whistle sounded Rua da Pinga left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than FC Snipers.