World League

Tele 2Arena
Spectators: 7504 (Terracing: 5629, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 149) Palmeiras - Tia Leila's Caco Barbosa started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 3rd minute, Johan Johansson got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 4 minutes into the match, Bernardo Caballero notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Palmeiras - Tia Leila's Elano Rezende. Elano Rezende was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Johan Johansson received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Elano Rezende came out and tried to block the shot, but Johan Johansson slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 16th minute. Bernardo Caballero who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 19thth minute tested the skills of Elano Rezende when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Palmeiras - Tia Leila's attentive Ezequiel Lira managed to snatch the ball when Nicklas Trøjgaard made a throw-in in the 21st minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Bajen's Marcus Norberg got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Palmeiras - Tia Leila's Elano Rezende played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Johan Johansson in the 26th minute of play. In the 26thth minute of the game Johan Johansson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Palmeiras - Tia Leila's Elano Rezende was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Johan Johansson in the 26th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Elano Rezende prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Elano Rezende showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Johan Johansson in the 28th minute of the match. Elano Rezende made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sidney Porto in the 30th minute of play. Elano Rezende showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sidney Porto, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. In the 33rd minute, Caco Barbosa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sture Abrahamsson was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. In the 35th match minute, Palmeiras - Tia Leila was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joachim Svenkerud to maneuver through the defense. Elano Rezende made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bernardo Caballero in the 36th minute. After 39 played minutes Bajen got a freekick which was hit by Marcus Norberg. Bajen's Sidney Porto got a good chance for a goal in the 41st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jordi Janssen hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. Bajen's Johan Johansson couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 46th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Palmeiras - Tia Leila. With a little luck, Palmeiras - Tia Leila's Elano Rezende got control of the ball when Bernardo Caballero tried to sneak it across the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sidney Porto stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Elano Rezende showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernardo Caballero, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. Bernardo Caballero took the ball and in the 51 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Elano Rezende. Elano Rezende dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. In the 55th minute Johan Johansson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elano Rezende saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Palmeiras - Tia Leila's Elano Rezende played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Johan Johansson in the 58th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Nicklas Trøjgaard managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bajen's supporters rose to their feet, but Nicklas Trøjgaard was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Elano Rezende breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a little luck, Bajen's Sture Abrahamsson got control of the ball when Caco Barbosa tried to sneak it across the goal line. Elano Rezende showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rafael Bide, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Rafael Bide scored 4-1 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Elano Rezende, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 72 minutes of play, Palmeiras - Tia Leila's Joachim Svenkerud made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sture Abrahamsson was left in no man's land by his defense there! Bajen's Sture Abrahamsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Genílson Mandrak in the 78th minute of play. Sidney Porto's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Elano Rezende read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 79th minute of play. Elano Rezende made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sidney Porto in the 81st minute of play. Bajen made a substitution. Rolf Henriksson replaced Sidney Porto. 84 minutes had been played when some careless play by Palmeiras - Tia Leila's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Johan Johansson was slow to take the kick. During this time Bajen's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Johan Johansson almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Palmeiras - Tia Leila's Elano Rezende did a great save. In the 85th minute Rolf Henriksson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elano Rezende saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 85 minutes of play, Bajen's Rolf Henriksson made it 5-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Elano Rezende was left in no man's land by his defense there! Palmeiras - Tia Leila's Elano Rezende played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bernardo Caballero in the 88th minute of play. The referee felt a red card was in order, 90 minutes into the game, when Haroldo Lendaa put in a rough tackle. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 89th minute of the game. One of Palmeiras - Tia Leila:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Bajen:s goal.