U23 World League

Old Trafford
Spectators: 7754 (Terracing: 5817, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 154) Maximiliano Pardo started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When the match had gone on for 4 minutes, Hasse Brasse took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Teodoro Jacinto to make any attempt to save it. A collision led to São Paulo da Floresta getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Maximiliano Pardo hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 13th minute, Robert Christoffersson managed to get in a good position for a shot. Here Comes the Hammer's supporters rose to their feet, but Robert Christoffersson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Teodoro Jacinto breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Nilmar Fontes hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Teodoro Jacinto made an important save on a dangerous shot by Robert Christoffersson in the 24th minute. After 32 played minutes São Paulo da Floresta got a freekick which was hit by Jefferson Schott. When Fritz Vedholm came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the Here Comes the Hammer 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 Fritz Vedholm couldn't finish the play. In the 38th minute of the game Yao Yuan Jun made a throw-in which Ekrem İmamoğlu played forward. The supporters of São Paulo da Floresta booed when Here Comes the Hammer was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emil Niemoj didn't get a good kick on the ball. Valter Klack didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when São Paulo da Floresta's Xande Cachorro shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-1 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 47th minute Maximiliano Pardo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valter Klack saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Robert Christoffersson was the one to do the kick off. When Yao Yuan Jun fell near the penalty area in the 54th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored São Paulo da Floresta's protests and gave Yao Yuan Jun a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Here Comes the Hammer booed when São Paulo da Floresta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yao Yuan Jun didn't get a good kick on the ball. Here Comes the Hammer's Valter Klack proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Here Comes the Hammer from getting a goal against them. After 58 minutes Here Comes the Hammer's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Denver Volante who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Yao Yuan Jun managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Valter Klack took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maximiliano Pardo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Teodoro Jacinto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fritz Vedholm in the 62nd minute of the match. The supporters of São Paulo da Floresta booed when Here Comes the Hammer was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Song Hao Feng didn't get a good kick on the ball. São Paulo da Floresta's Igor Netto was substituted for 吕思耀. The supporters of São Paulo da Floresta booed when Here Comes the Hammer was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Song Hao Feng didn't get a good kick on the ball. Denver Volante took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 70th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Valter Klack. Here Comes the Hammer's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Ekrem İmamoğlu kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. Xande Cachorro's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 76thth minute, Valter Klack skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 82nd minute, Dênis Mesquita hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 83rd minute Robert Christoffersson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Teodoro Jacinto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Here Comes the Hammer booed when São Paulo da Floresta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dênis Mesquita didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robert Christoffersson in the 87th minute of play forced São Paulo da Floresta's goalkeeper Teodoro Jacinto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 89th minute, Nilmar Fontes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Teodoro Jacinto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fritz Vedholm, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.