U21 World League

Kungahuset
Spectators: 7687 (Terracing: 5766, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Casper Tunander took the kick off in the first half of the match. Lúcio Lopes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Casper Tunander, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivo Coutinho in the 5th minute of play forced Kronan's goalkeeper Harald Myr to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lúcio Lopes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Casper Tunander, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bernt Hellkvist's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Lúcio Lopes firmly grabbed it by the left post. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Casper Tunander in the 15th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Lúcio Lopes prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Lúcio Lopes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Casper Tunander in the 18th minute of the match. 20 minutes into the game, Bernt Hellkvist cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Lúcio Lopes was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 26 minutes into the match, Arrebimba o Malho SLB's goalkeeper Lúcio Lopes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bernt Hellkvist. In the 26th match minute, Kronan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zebastian Tunberg to maneuver through the defense. If Ivo Coutinho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Bernt Hellkvist in the 29thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Lúcio Lopes, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After a rather tough play, Kronan's Robert Nyman got a free kick in the 30th minute. In the 31st minute, Sabino Prestes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bernt Hellkvist recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 34th minute Casper Tunander shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lúcio Lopes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A well placed Casper Tunander short distance shot in the 37th minute ended with a hard ball which without a chance for the goalkeeper went staright up into the goalkeepers left cross. After some careless play in the Arrebimba o Malho SLB defense, Bernt Hellkvist kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lúcio Lopes. The Arrebimba o Malho SLB fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lúcio Lopes should have stopped the shot. In the 48thth minute of the game Casper Tunander who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Arrebimba o Malho SLB's Lúcio Lopes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ivo Coutinho was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute, Casper Tunander hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lúcio Lopes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zebastian Tunberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Casper Tunander succeeded in the game's 54th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 5-0. When Casper Tunander came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the Kronan 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 Casper Tunander couldn't finish the play. After 61 minutes, Bernt Hellkvist made it 6-0 with a short kick to the right side. Arrebimba o Malho SLB's Lúcio Lopes tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Jens-Ola Samuelsson hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Bernt Hellkvist scored 7-0 in the 67th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lúcio Lopes, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match had gone on for 74 minutes, Casper Tunander put it in 9-0 from a short distance just to the right of Lúcio Lopes. An unexpectedly hard shot by Casper Tunander in the 77th minute of play forced Arrebimba o Malho SLB's goalkeeper Lúcio Lopes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lúcio Lopes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Casper Tunander, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lúcio Lopes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Casper Tunander in the 81st minute of the match. Ola Nordin lost his temper 86 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 87th minute of the game, Arrebimba o Malho SLB got a penalty. The shot went straight in by the left post. Arrebimba o Malho SLB's Lúcio Lopes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bernt Hellkvist in the 90th minute of play. After 93 minutes, Zebastian Tunberg mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kronan and the Arrebimba o Malho SLB players grew even worse after the yellow card. Zebastian Tunberg kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. For all the effort they put into the match, the Arrebimba o Malho SLB players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Kronan.