U23 World League

Wamba Arena
Spectators: 7499 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Dinei Goiano took the kick off in the first half of the match. Naldo Mello made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christian Eliasson in the 6th minute of play. 李玮峰 Li charged in rather forcefully in the 14th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 李玮峰 Li the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 16th match minute, Wambalamba FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonel Couto to maneuver through the defense. When Christian Eliasson came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the Bearnaise EA 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 Christian Eliasson couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in Wambalamba FC's zone, Christian Eliasson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Naldo Mello came out of the goal and Christian Eliasson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Naldo Mello showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Henrik Hjortsberg in the 28th minute of the match. After 36 minutes of play Bearnaise EA's 李玮峰 Li was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After a rather tough play, Bearnaise EA's 李玮峰 Li got a free kick in the 36th minute. A collision led to Bearnaise EA getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Linus Bengtsson hit a great ball. 43 minutes into the game, Guido Python was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bearnaise EA's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Wambalamba FC the free kick. After 43 played minutes Bearnaise EA got a freekick which was hit by Guido Python. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Christian Eliasson made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd match minute, Wambalamba FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hamílton Campidelis to maneuver through the defense. 55 minutes into the match, Wambalamba FC's goalkeeper Naldo Mello had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Henrik Hjortsberg. In the 57th minute, Henrik Hjortsberg 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. In the 58th match minute, Wambalamba FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kauan Soares to maneuver through the defense. 65 minutes into the match, Bearnaise EA's goal looked a bit too open when Dinei Goiano came free, but Kennet Lagerberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Naldo Mello was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Christian Eliasson showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-1 in the 67 minute of play. Christian Eliasson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Naldo Mello having to interfere. In the 72nd minute, Dinei Goiano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Wambalamba FC defense, Henrik Hjortsberg kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Naldo Mello. The Wambalamba FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Naldo Mello should have stopped the shot. An unexpected shot in the 83rd minute by Henrik Hjortsberg got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Henrik Hjortsberg came free with the goalkeeper in the 85th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Naldo Mello could save by the left post. If Henrik Hjortsberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Naldo Mello didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Guido Python went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score.