U23 World League

Devils Playground
Spectators: 7555 (Terracing: 5668, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) Bertil Åström started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Åke Jansson charged in rather forcefully in the 2nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Åke Jansson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Åke Jansson kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. 3 minutes into the match, Zero Hedge's goal looked a bit too open when Christiano Ramalho came free, but Wiktor Wallander reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bertil Åström's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Arthur Lago read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 5th minute of play. In the 10th minute, Arman Sjögren hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 11th minute of the match Angelo Linares sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Wiktor Wallander skillfully saved the ball. In the 12th minute, Bertil Åström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zero Hedge's Bertil Åström got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of Zero Hedge booed when Bonival was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marquinhos Falcão didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Zero Hedge getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Bertil Åström hit a great ball. Bertil Åström could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Arthur Lago made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Bertil Åström's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arthur Lago was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. When Bertil Åström came up free with the goalie in the 28th minute, the Zero Hedge 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 Bertil Åström couldn't finish the play. Bertil Åström's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Arthur Lago read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 31st minute of play. The supporters of Bonival booed when Zero Hedge was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dani Python didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 36 played minutes, Bonival's Angelo Linares shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Wiktor Wallander 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 Bonival reached it. Wiktor Wallander showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christiano Ramalho, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Arthur Lago made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bertil Åström in the 41st minute. Bonival's Arthur Lago played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bertil Åström in the 45th minute of play. After some careless play in the Bonival defense, Bertil Åström kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arthur Lago. The Bonival fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arthur Lago should have stopped the shot. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Luka Katsebin made a kick off. Bertil Åström scored 2-0 in the 58th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arthur Lago, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 64 minutes into the match, Bonival's goal looked a bit too open when Åke Jansson came free, but Arthur Lago reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Waldir de Medeiros in the 67th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Zero Hedge's Hans Nordström. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bertil Åström in the 72nd minute of play forced Bonival's goalkeeper Arthur Lago to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arthur Lago showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bertil Åström in the 75th minute of the match. In the 78th match minute, Zero Hedge was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arman Sjögren to maneuver through the defense. Arthur Lago stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bertil Åström's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. Wiktor Wallander made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christiano Ramalho in the 86th minute of play. 94 minutes into the game, one of Bonival:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. 100 minutes into the match, Bonival's Christiano Ramalho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Wiktor Wallander narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Zero Hedge had won after a very even match.