U18 World League

Estádio Hans Staden
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mats Godholm started the match with the kick off. In the 2nd match minute, SC Bertioga was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wilton Barral to maneuver through the defense. Lukas Moberg kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. If Mats Godholm had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 18 minutes into the match, Lukas Moberg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Toninho Trancoso. SC Bertioga's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lukas Moberg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After a rather tough play, SC Bertioga's Marquinhos Meirelles got a free kick in the 23rd minute. A hard shot by Wilton Barral from long distance, 25 minutes into the match, got Olov Groth's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. When Wilson Favoretto came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the SC Bertioga fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Wilson Favoretto couldn't finish the play. After 27 minutes, Per-Oskar Lundin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Snipers and the SC Bertioga players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to SC Bertioga getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Bebeto Pitta hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as SC Bertioga's Wilson Favoretto slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Olov Groth. That made the score 1-1 after 30 minutes of play. A collision led to FC Snipers getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Andreas Melberg hit a great ball. Wilton Barral hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. After having played for 48 minutes, Ingvar Vedholm managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Snipers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ingvar Vedholm was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

SC Bertioga's Toninho Trancoso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mats Godholm in the 54th minute of play. After 56 minutes SC Bertioga's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ingvar Vedholm who took care of the corner kick. After a rather tough play, FC Snipers's Lukas Moberg got a free kick in the 56th minute. Lennart Svensson who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 63rdth minute tested the skills of Toninho Trancoso when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 66th match minute, FC Snipers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andreas Melberg to maneuver through the defense. Toninho Trancoso made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Lennart Svensson sent off a good shot on target. In the 69th minute Andreas Melberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Toninho Trancoso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Toninho Trancoso made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lennart Svensson in the 76th minute. SC Bertioga's Toninho Trancoso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mats Godholm in the 77th minute of play. With a little luck, SC Bertioga's Toninho Trancoso got control of the ball when Lennart Svensson tried to sneak it across the goal line. Lukas Moberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.