U23 World League

Manoel Schwartz
Spectators: 8094 (Terracing: 6072, Seating: 1861, VIP seats: 161) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Miguel Botelho took the kick off in the first half of the match. Gustavo Aparecido showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Måns Stålman, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. In the 9th minute, Mauro Bastos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gustavo Aparecido was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Lekparken FC's Sigge Holmberg proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Lekparken FC from getting a goal against them. Gustavo Aparecido took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cyryl Kiewra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Ronaldinho Gaucho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sigge Holmberg was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Måns Stålman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The crowd rose to their feet as ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s Ronaldinho Gaucho slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Sigge Holmberg. That made the score 1-1 after 35 minutes of play. Sigge Holmberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronaldinho Gaucho in the 38th minute of the match. After 40 played minutes ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙ got a freekick which was hit by Cauã Neves. ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s Gustavo Aparecido played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Måns Stålman in the 41st minute of play. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Cyryl Kiewra made the kick off in the second half. Måns Stålman could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Gustavo Aparecido made a huge save. In the 61st minute, Isaac Söderberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sigge Holmberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ronaldinho Gaucho in the 62nd minute of play. Sigge Holmberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ronaldinho Gaucho, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. The corner ended in Ronaldinho Gaucho almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Lekparken FC's Sigge Holmberg did a great save. Lekparken FC's Sigge Holmberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ronaldinho Gaucho in the 75th minute of play. Tostão Xavier struck a weak shot in the 76th minute. Sigge Holmberg didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙. Sigge Holmberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tostão Xavier in the 76th minute of play. 77 minutes had been played when some careless play by Lekparken FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ronaldinho Gaucho was slow to take the kick. During this time ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Ronaldinho Gaucho almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Lekparken FC's Sigge Holmberg did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Taha Ali in the 79th minute of play forced ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s goalkeeper Gustavo Aparecido to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Lekparken FC booed when ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cauã Neves didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙ getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Cauã Neves hit a great ball. Lekparken FC's Cyryl Kiewra managed to work through ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Cyryl Kiewra dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Holger Joenssons short, quick shot in the 86thth minute got Gustavo Aparecido to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Gustavo Aparecido made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Holger Joensson sent off a good shot on target. After 91 played minutes Lekparken FC got a freekick which was hit by Holger Joensson. Sigge Holmberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ronaldinho Gaucho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Holger Joensson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 95th minute of the match, but Gustavo Aparecido made a huge save. Lekparken FC were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.