U18 World League

Estádio Polinopolis
Spectators: 7729 (Terracing: 5798, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gugu Tasso made the kick off which started today's match. Dida Mazza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ove Vase in the 4th minute of play. Karl-Ove Engman's late challenge caught a Proteu's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Karl-Ove Engman helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Proteu booed when HEDONISM U18 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Karl-Ove Engman didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the match clock showed 10 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Antônio Brito sped through HEDONISM U18's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Osvald Åberg. The audience was convinced that Ove Vase's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dida Mazza was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. HEDONISM U18's Osvald Åberg proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save HEDONISM U18 from getting a goal against them. After 18 played minutes HEDONISM U18 got a freekick which was hit by Herman Qvarnström. Bernardinho Corrêa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 21st minute Emil Lindholm shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dida Mazza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dida Mazza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ove Vase in the 22nd minute of play. Dida Mazza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ove Vase, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 29 played minutes HEDONISM U18 got a freekick which was hit by Ove Vase. Dida Mazza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emil Lindholm in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 40th minute Bernardinho Corrêa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Osvald Åberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 44th minute Elliott Grelsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dida Mazza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 48 minutes into the match, HEDONISM U18's goalkeeper Osvald Åberg had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gugu Tasso.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ove Vase stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ove Vase fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dida Mazza having to interfere. 53 minutes into the game, Enéas Pontes was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Proteu's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave HEDONISM U18 the free kick. After a rather tough play, Proteu's Enéas Pontes got a free kick in the 53rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gugu Tasso in the 55th minute of play forced HEDONISM U18's goalkeeper Osvald Åberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Osvald Åberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gugu Tasso in the 56th minute of play. Gugu Tasso hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Dida Mazza was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Markus Deckbergh. In the 64th minute, Herman Qvarnström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernardinho Corrêa in the 65th minute of play forced HEDONISM U18's goalkeeper Osvald Åberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bernardinho Corrêa hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Antônio Brito fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Osvald Åberg having to interfere. Gugu Tasso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Osvald Åberg having to interfere. In the 78th match minute, Proteu was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gugu Tasso to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ove Vase in the 80th minute of play forced Proteu's goalkeeper Dida Mazza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Karl-Ove Engman hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. After recieving a nice pass, Proteu's Murilo Ferreira tried to score from far away in the 83rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 88th minute Bernardinho Corrêa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Osvald Åberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Osvald Åberg stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bernardinho Corrêa's shot from short distance in the 91st minute. When Proteu's Gugu Tasso in the 95th minute got a chance for a shot 95th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye HEDONISM U18's goalie prevented a goal. HEDONISM U18's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.