U18 World League

Sniper Arena
Spectators: 7527 (Terracing: 5646, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Mats Godholm took the kick off in the first half of the match. Toninho Trancoso was a little too slow when Lennart Svensson got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 5th minute. The score was now 1-0. The audience was convinced that Lukas Moberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Toninho Trancoso was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Olov Groth made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wilson Favoretto in the 15th minute of play. Toninho Trancoso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lukas Moberg in the 19th minute of play. Toninho Trancoso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mats Godholm, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. In the 23rd minute, Andreas Melberg left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Snipers fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Ingvar Vedholm hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Toninho Trancoso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lukas Moberg in the 32nd minute of play. In the 33rdth minute of the game Mats Godholm who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SC Bertioga's Toninho Trancoso was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 45th minute, FC Snipers's Mats Godholm dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

SC Bertioga's Carlos Alberto Lopes got a good chance for a goal in the 53rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 61 minutes into the game, Mats Godholm was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Snipers's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SC Bertioga the free kick. In the 61st match minute, FC Snipers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mats Godholm to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of FC Snipers booed when SC Bertioga was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bebeto Pitta didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mats Godholm scored 4-1 in the 71st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Toninho Trancoso, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After having played for 74 minutes, Andreas Melberg managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Snipers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Andreas Melberg was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. FC Snipers's defense didn't have a chance, in the 87th minute, when Wilson Favoretto scored to the left of an out of position Olov Groth, making the score, 4-2. After a rather tough play, FC Snipers's Magne Ryberg got a free kick in the 92nd minute. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. FC Snipers had won after a very even match.