U23 World League

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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. Peter Björkman started the match with the kick off. Peter Björkman hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. After 5 played minutes Quandus got a freekick which was hit by João Carlos Dracena. After 6 minutes, Duarte Fernandes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Quandus and the FC Blueskatterna players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ludwig Lindström sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 16 minutes into the match, Quandus's goal looked a bit too open when Peter Björkman came free, but José Maria Teles reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 17 minutes into the match, Greger Rudkvist had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of José Maria Teles. Quandus's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Greger Rudkvist was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. José Maria Teles showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Peter Björkman, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. In the 22nd minute, Greger Rudkvist ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. José Maria Teles was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. FC Blueskatterna's Ludwig Lindström got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Peter Björkman scored 0-4 in the 29th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of José Maria Teles, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Alexander Ånger struck a weak shot in the 32nd minute. José Maria Teles didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC Blueskatterna. 33 minutes into the match, Quandus's goal looked a bit too open when Peter Björkman came free, but José Maria Teles reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ludwig Lindström in the 34th minute of play forced Quandus's goalkeeper José Maria Teles to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Blueskatterna's Alexander Ånger got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Peter Björkman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 41st minute, Greger Rudkvist ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. José Maria Teles was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. Quandus's José Maria Teles played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alexander Ånger in the 47th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ramón Campidelis to make the kick off. In the 50th minute, Alexander Ånger reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of José Maria Teles. The goal made the score 0-6. José Maria Teles made an important save on a dangerous shot by Peter Björkman in the 55th minute. Hannes Sandström succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-7 in the 56th playminute. The FC Blueskatterna fans' excitement grew in the 67th match minute when FC Blueskatterna's Peter Björkman looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-9 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. José Maria Teles made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Greger Rudkvist sent off a good shot on target. 71 minutes into the game, FC Blueskatterna's Ludwig Lindström nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. José Maria Teles made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-10. 74 minutes into the match, Quandus's goalkeeper José Maria Teles had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ludwig Lindström. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexander Ånger in the 75th minute of play forced Quandus's goalkeeper José Maria Teles to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ivan Rolandsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ramón Campidelis in the 79th minute of play. In the 80th minute, Elói Amaral hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 83 minutes into the match, Ludwig Lindström notched a goal, 0-11, to the right of Quandus's José Maria Teles. José Maria Teles was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 86th minute, Peter Björkman left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Blueskatterna fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-12. In the 91st minute, FC Blueskatterna's Ludwig Lindström ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind José Maria Teles. José Maria Teles yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-13. José Maria Teles came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Blueskatterna's Greger Rudkvist. But to his dismay, Greger Rudkvist quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-14.