U18 World League

Morumbi
Spectators: 7691 (Terracing: 5769, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Caco Falcão took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 7 played minutes São Paulo da Floresta got a freekick which was hit by Caco Falcão. 8 minutes into the match, São Paulo da Floresta's goal looked a bit too open when Dick Brandt came free, but Carlos Fernando Almeida reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. São Paulo da Floresta's Vitório Mendonça quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Johnny Söderström, made in the 10th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Caco Falcão in the 14th minute of play forced Dexiators's goalkeeper Sven-Edvin Vedholm to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Caco Falcão in the 19th minute of play forced Dexiators's goalkeeper Sven-Edvin Vedholm to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 31 played minutes São Paulo da Floresta got a freekick which was hit by Caco Falcão. Carlos Fernando Almeida stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Michel Vall's shot from short distance in the 35th minute. São Paulo da Floresta's Carlos Fernando Almeida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arvid Lekberg in the 36th minute of play. After some careless play in the São Paulo da Floresta defense, Dick Brandt kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Carlos Fernando Almeida. The São Paulo da Floresta fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Carlos Fernando Almeida should have stopped the shot. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jonny Strömberg to strike the kick off in the second half. After 52 played minutes Dexiators got a freekick which was hit by Johnny Söderström. Sven-Edvin Vedholm took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlinhos Sergipano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bebeto Gonçalves made in the 62nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Dexiators's Johnny Söderström. When Arvid Lekberg fell near the penalty area in the 63rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Dexiators's protests and gave Arvid Lekberg a yellow card for diving instead. Arvid Lekberg hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Jefferson Mazza kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. Sven-Edvin Vedholm didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when São Paulo da Floresta's Jefferson Mazza shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-1 in the ordered_time% minute. The supporters of São Paulo da Floresta booed when Dexiators was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kurt Löfgren didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dexiators's Sven-Edvin Vedholm played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlinhos Sergipano in the 81st minute of play. In the 82nd minute São Paulo da Floresta were awarded a corner. Bebeto Gonçalves went to the cornerflag to take it. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Caco Falcão managed to get in a good position for a shot. São Paulo da Floresta's supporters rose to their feet, but Caco Falcão was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sven-Edvin Vedholm breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Artur Tepedino kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. An unexpected shot in the 92nd minute by Jonny Strömberg got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Dexiators were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.