U21 World League

Estádio Barrenta
Spectators: 7674 (Terracing: 5756, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ursino Silvestre started the match with the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Marquinhos Messias during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Marquinhos Messias kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Barrenta SC's Marquinhos Messias got a free kick in the 7th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rudolf Josefsson during the 9th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, MAFFIAN's Alvar Kollberg got a free kick in the 11th minute. Ursino Silvestre received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Kjell-Arne Hultman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Ursino Silvestre's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kjell-Arne Hultman was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. Rudolf Josefsson was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 18 minutes into the match. The supporters of Barrenta SC booed when MAFFIAN was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rudolf Josefsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Barrenta SC's Yuri Alberto got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jean-Claude Van Damme sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sylvester Stallone hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. A hard shot 24 in the game by Ursino Silvestre from a close distance when the talented Kjell-Arne Hultman managed to make a qualified save. MAFFIAN's players were relieved. In the 25th minute of the match Barrenta SC got a corner. MAFFIAN's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Yuri Alberto ran over to the corner to take the kick. The audience was convinced that Jean-Claude Van Damme's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Allan Félix was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. The referee felt a red card was in order, 32 minutes into the game, when Gilvan Prata put in a rough tackle. After 32 played minutes Barrenta SC got a freekick which was hit by Gilvan Prata. A collision led to Barrenta SC getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Yuri Alberto hit a great ball. Remo Falcão could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Kjell-Arne Hultman made a huge save. In the 44th minute, Remo Falcão made a precise shot to the right of Kjell-Arne Hultman. MAFFIAN's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jean-Claude Van Damme was the one to do the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ursino Silvestre in the 54th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kjell-Arne Hultman prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 57th match minute, MAFFIAN was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sylvester Stallone to maneuver through the defense. MAFFIAN's Michael Klack was substituted for Jörn Gustafsson. MAFFIAN made a substitution. Emanuel Lööf replaced Christer Wassenius. After 58 played minutes MAFFIAN got a freekick which was hit by Sylvester Stallone. Kjell-Arne Hultman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ursino Silvestre in the 59th minute of play. Jean-Claude Van Damme hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. MAFFIAN's Kjell-Arne Hultman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Remo Falcão in the 62nd minute of play. 64 minutes had been played when some careless play by MAFFIAN's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Yuri Alberto was slow to take the kick. During this time Barrenta SC's players had a chance to rest. Ursino Silvestre was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. 67 minutes into the game, Carl Berglund was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. MAFFIAN's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Barrenta SC the free kick. After 67 played minutes MAFFIAN got a freekick which was hit by Carl Berglund. Kjell-Arne Hultman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ursino Silvestre in the 68th minute of the match. Marquinhos Messias sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Sylvester Stallone managed to get in a good position for a shot. MAFFIAN's supporters rose to their feet, but Sylvester Stallone was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Allan Félix breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 84th minute, Alvar Kollberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kjell-Arne Hultman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marquinhos Messias, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kjell-Arne Hultman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marquinhos Messias, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Kjell-Arne Hultman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marquinhos Messias, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. 87 minutes into the game, Marquinhos Messias cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Kjell-Arne Hultman was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. MAFFIAN's Kjell-Arne Hultman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ursino Silvestre in the 90th minute of play. If Ursino Silvestre had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Barrenta SC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.