U18 World League

Freedom Arena
Spectators: 7460 (Terracing: 5596, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nildo Toledo kicked off to start the match. In the 2nd match minute, Cercadinho was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jairo Barral to maneuver through the defense. Jairo Barral charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jairo Barral the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 4th match minute, Cercadinho was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jairo Barral to maneuver through the defense. Måns Offendahl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eurico de Lara in the 7th minute of the match. In the 8th minute, Fredric Bokelund 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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nildo Toledo in the 13th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Måns Offendahl prevented the ball from getting in the gole. João Carlos Rosa made in the 17th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Freedom 2024's Olov Rosendahl. Rafa Borges didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fredric Bokelund went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Måns Offendahl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jairo Barral in the 21st minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 23 minutes, Leonard Söderström took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Rafa Borges to make any attempt to save it. Nildo Toledo struck a weak shot in the 28th minute. Måns Offendahl didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Cercadinho. Måns Offendahl took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nildo Toledo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 42 minutes, Nildo Toledo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cercadinho's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nildo Toledo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Freedom 2024 getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Valter Wallander hit a great ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The audience was convinced that Nildo Toledo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Måns Offendahl was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. Måns Offendahl took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nildo Toledo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Otto Jonasson's late challenge caught a Cercadinho's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Otto Jonasson helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Freedom 2024 getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Otto Jonasson hit a great ball. Nildo Toledo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Måns Offendahl made a huge save. 64 minutes into the match, Cercadinho's goal looked a bit too open when Fredric Bokelund came free, but Rafa Borges reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 67th minute, Cercadinho's Nildo Toledo ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Måns Offendahl. Måns Offendahl yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. When Nildo Toledo came up free with the goalie in the 71st minute, the Cercadinho 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 Nildo Toledo couldn't finish the play. After some careless play in the Cercadinho defense, Leonard Söderström kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rafa Borges. The Cercadinho fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rafa Borges should have stopped the shot. Leonard Söderström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Rafa Borges tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Måns Offendahl took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nildo Toledo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.