U23 World League

Estadio SINGULAR
Spectators: 7533 (Terracing: 5651, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Sivert Bollström kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, PLURAL's goal looked a bit too open when Erik Busk came free, but José Ramos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Sivert Bollström's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but José Ramos was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. Wargön's Jörgen Olofsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paulo Velasques in the 11th minute of play. Pang Xun Chen did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Jörgen Olofsson 18 minutes into the match. The supporters of Wargön booed when PLURAL was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Caio Caiado didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 22 played minutes Wargön got a freekick which was hit by Roger Lundin. If Sivert Bollström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jörgen Olofsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Caio Caiado, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Sivert Bollström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 37 played minutes PLURAL's Pang Xun Chen stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Jörgen Olofsson stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Wargön of the goal. PLURAL's José Ramos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sivert Bollström in the 45th minute of play. After 45 minutes of play, Wargön's Sivert Bollström made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. José Ramos was left in no man's land by his defense there!

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Caio Caiado was the one to do the kick off. If Caio Caiado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sivert Bollström in the 55th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg José Ramos saved PLURAL from getting behind. In the 59th match minute, Wargön was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Erik Busk to maneuver through the defense. 60 minutes into the match, Paulo Velasques had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jörgen Olofsson. Wargön's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Paulo Velasques was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. When Caio Caiado came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the PLURAL 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 Caio Caiado couldn't finish the play. José Ramos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sivert Bollström, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. After having played for 70 minutes, Caio Caiado managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. PLURAL's supporters crossed their fingers, but Caio Caiado was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jörgen Olofsson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Paulo Velasques went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. Kenneth Lange sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Caio Caiado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to PLURAL getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Caio Caiado hit a great ball. Pang Xun Chen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the referee ended the match the PLURAL players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.