U18 World League

Arosvallen
Spectators: 8439 (Terracing: 6330, Seating: 1941, VIP seats: 168) DENVER™'s Mathias Carvalho got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Stefan Söder took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luiz Guilherme Toscano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 14 minutes of play, DENVER™'s Emílio Machado made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stefan Söder was left in no man's land by his defense there! Stefan Söder made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luiz Guilherme Toscano in the 18th minute of play. Uno Bjurström lost his temper 18 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Westra Aros SK fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 17th minute. Penalty! Róbson Vasconcelos hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Westra Aros SK's Arvin Askelöf got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Anders Stor hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Mathias Carvalho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 34 minutes, Emílio Machado mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the DENVER™ and the Westra Aros SK players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, DENVER™'s Emílio Machado got a free kick in the 34th minute. Anders Stor's late challenge caught a DENVER™'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Anders Stor helped the player get up and apologised. Anders Stor kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Stefan Söder showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luiz Guilherme Toscano, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. In the 47th minute, Ola Askstedt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After the first half DENVER™ were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Anders Stor to strike the kick off in the second half. Amadeu Bezerra's late challenge caught a Westra Aros SK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Amadeu Bezerra helped the player get up and apologised. Amadeu Bezerra hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. In the 55th minute Anders Stor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but João Paulo Baiano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Westra Aros SK getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Axel Linberg hit a great ball. With an all-out effort, DENVER™'s Stefan Söder threw himself towards the right post 65 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Gino Carneiro, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. DENVER™'s Waldir Romero got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. João Paulo Baiano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rune Källberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, DENVER™'s Kléber Bittencourt got a free kick in the 78th minute. Axel Linberg hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. In the 87th minute, Arvin Askelöf hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Stefan Söder stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Waldir Romero's shot from short distance in the 88th minute. In the 93rd minute, Anders Stor 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. DENVER™'s supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.