U23 World League

Freedom Arena
Spectators: 7487 (Terracing: 5616, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Leonard Söderström started the match with the kick off. After 4 minutes of play, Feios Porcos E Maus's Takis Parlapidis made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Måns Offendahl was left in no man's land by his defense there! Måns Offendahl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomé Simões in the 9th minute of the match. Måns Offendahl took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristóvão Telinhos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 20 minutes, Fredric Bokelund managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Freedom 2024's supporters crossed their fingers, but Fredric Bokelund was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Fredric Bokelund received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Antero Linhares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 24 played minutes Feios Porcos E Maus got a freekick which was hit by Joaquim Martins. After 29th play minutes Alexandre Aveiro shot 0-2, a short shot which went by Måns Offendahl and just under the crossbar into goal. Måns Offendahl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexandre Aveiro in the 32nd minute of the match. In the 32nd match minute, Freedom 2024 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valter Wallander to maneuver through the defense. Alexandre Aveiro scored 0-4 in the 44th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Måns Offendahl, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 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 Alexandre Aveiro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alfred Vallgren during the 50th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Alfred Vallgren hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. A long shot from Takis Parlapidis in the 51st minute of play was well struck, but Måns Offendahl made a really good save at the right post. If Eusébio Moura had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Leonard Söderström kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. After 57th play minutes Alexandre Aveiro shot 0-5, a short shot which went by Måns Offendahl and just under the crossbar into goal. Bobby Lichtenstein fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Måns Offendahl having to interfere. Through an outstanding action, after 68 minutes, Måns Offendahl successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Takis Parlapidis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 69th minute of the match, but Måns Offendahl made a huge save. Olov Rosendahl hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. In the 74th minute, Heitor Rodrigues ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Måns Offendahl was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-7. 87 minutes in the game, Alexandre Aveiro fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Måns Offendahl having to interfere. Måns Offendahl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexandre Aveiro in the 88th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristóvão Telinhos got free with Måns Offendahl in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Måns Offendahl made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Takis Parlapidis sent off a good shot on target. 93 minutes into the match, Feios Porcos E Maus's Cristóvão Telinhos sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Måns Offendahl narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 95 minutes into the match, Freedom 2024's goal looked a bit too open when Alexandre Aveiro came free, but Måns Offendahl reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Freedom 2024 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Feios Porcos E Maus were clearly better and deserved to take the win.