U23 World League

Nordin Arena
Spectators: 7589 (Terracing: 5693, Seating: 1745, VIP seats: 151) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nivaldo Pessoa took the kick off in the first half of the match. Vidar Soned's late challenge caught a SLB TELHA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vidar Soned helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of SLB TELHA booed when Bograngen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vidar Soned didn't get a good kick on the ball. Krister Grönlund made a well adjusted shot against goal in the 16thth minute coming free in front of the goal, but Abílio Gois would not let the ball come through at any expense and made a nice save by the left post. A collision led to Bograngen getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Birger Bock hit a great ball. Krister Grönlund could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Abílio Gois made a huge save. Bograngen were awarded a corner in the 26th minute after SLB TELHA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Trần Qvick took the corner. Trần Qvick made a great header on Bograngen's corner, it was just that SLB TELHA's Abílio Gois managed to reach the ball for a save. Carl Ambjörnsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aristides Espírito Santo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vidar Soned sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Carl Ambjörnsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aristides Espírito Santo in the 36th minute of play. 40 minutes into the game, Aristides Espírito Santo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Carl Ambjörnsson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience was convinced that Nivaldo Pessoa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Carl Ambjörnsson was relentless in the 48th minute of the game.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Vidar Soned was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aristides Espírito Santo got free with Carl Ambjörnsson in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 57th minute, Gonçalo Neiva got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The supporters of SLB TELHA booed when Bograngen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Elof Abrahamsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of SLB TELHA booed when Bograngen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Trần Qvick didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Abel Trigueiro came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the SLB TELHA 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 Abel Trigueiro couldn't finish the play. Carl Ambjörnsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eusébio Mourato in the 64th minute of the match. With a little luck, Bograngen's Carl Ambjörnsson got control of the ball when Aristides Espírito Santo tried to sneak it across the goal line. 77 minutes into the game, Bograngen's Vidar Soned nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Abílio Gois made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. When Bengt-Arne Olsson fell near the penalty area in the 83rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Bograngen's protests and gave Bengt-Arne Olsson a yellow card for diving instead. Bengt-Arne Olsson hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. In the 84th minute, SLB TELHA's Aristides Espírito Santo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-3. Bograngen's Carl Ambjörnsson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save Bograngen from getting a goal against them. Vidar Soned hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nivaldo Pessoa in the 93rd minute of play forced Bograngen's goalkeeper Carl Ambjörnsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 96 minutes into the match, Krister Grönlund had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Abílio Gois. SLB TELHA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Krister Grönlund was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. The Bograngen fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. SLB TELHA were clearly better and deserved to take the win.