U18 World League

P. Strömberg Arena
Spectators: 7519 (Terracing: 5640, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Romeu Martins got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romeu Martins in the 4th minute of play forced PP Plessydask's goalkeeper Elliot Fagrell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ivo Sergipano during the 18th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 18th minute, Ivo Sergipano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience held their breath when Douglas Hedbom in the 19th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Roberto Barbosa's left hand side. After a defensive mix-up in PP Plessydask's zone, Daniel Meirelles stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Elliot Fagrell came out of the goal and Daniel Meirelles tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 27 minutes, Boris Alegren mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the PP Plessydask and the SRP-Laguna players grew even worse after the yellow card. Boris Alegren kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Folke Füllkrug got free with Roberto Barbosa in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 35 minutes into the match, SRP-Laguna's goal looked a bit too open when Folke Füllkrug came free, but Roberto Barbosa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Folke Füllkrug had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 40th minute, PP Plessydask's Folke Füllkrug ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Roberto Barbosa. Roberto Barbosa yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Peter Tillman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Roberto Barbosa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Boris Alegren kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Roberto Barbosa. That made the score 2-0 in the 45 minute of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Folke Füllkrug was the one to do the kick off. In the 54th match minute, SRP-Laguna was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hermínio Carneiro to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in SRP-Laguna's zone, Folke Füllkrug stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Roberto Barbosa came out of the goal and Folke Füllkrug tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some careless play in the SRP-Laguna defense, Folke Füllkrug kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Roberto Barbosa. The SRP-Laguna fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Roberto Barbosa should have stopped the shot. In the 63rd minute, Donato Arantes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 65 minutes of play, PP Plessydask's Bertil Helander made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roberto Barbosa was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 69 played minutes SRP-Laguna got a freekick which was hit by Romeu Martins. Roberto Barbosa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Boris Alegren in the 72nd minute of the match. PP Plessydask's Elliot Fagrell proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save PP Plessydask from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Romeu Martins got free with Elliot Fagrell in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. PP Plessydask's Elliot Fagrell proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save PP Plessydask from getting a goal against them. Romeu Martins recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 81st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ivo Sergipano blasted a shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Elliot Fagrell having to make a save. In the 85th minute, Romeu Martins reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Elliot Fagrell. The goal made the score 4-1. After a defensive mix-up in PP Plessydask's zone, Ivo Sergipano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Elliot Fagrell came out of the goal and Ivo Sergipano tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 91st minute Boris Alegren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roberto Barbosa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bror Björklund made in the 95th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Dag Lindmark. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. PP Plessydask fully deserved thier win.