U23 World League

Estádio Grajaú-MG
Spectators: 7515 (Terracing: 5637, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) Grajaú Uai Sôccer MG's Edson Araújo started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Onsala Ass Kickers's Thomas Hägglund proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Onsala Ass Kickers from getting a goal against them. Dé Souza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edwin Sjöberg in the 9th minute of play. Edwin Sjöberg might have been able to make a better finish in the 11th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dé Souza. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edwin Sjöberg ran back to his position shaking his head. The supporters of Onsala Ass Kickers booed when Grajaú Uai Sôccer MG was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gualter Maranhense didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 14thth minute of the game Edwin Sjöberg who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Grajaú Uai Sôccer MG's Dé Souza was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Johannes Stenberg hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. When the match had gone on for 22 minutes, Edwin Sjöberg put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Dé Souza. After some careless play in the Grajaú Uai Sôccer MG defense, Edwin Sjöberg kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dé Souza. The Grajaú Uai Sôccer MG fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dé Souza should have stopped the shot. Chicão Guedes scored 1-2 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Thomas Hägglund, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

Thomas Hägglund showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edson Araújo in the 54th minute of the match. When Johannes Stenberg fell near the penalty area in the 60th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Onsala Ass Kickers's protests and gave Johannes Stenberg a yellow card for diving instead. After 60 played minutes Onsala Ass Kickers got a freekick which was hit by Johannes Stenberg. After 62 played minutes Onsala Ass Kickers got a freekick which was hit by Jan Björnberg. Thomas Hägglund showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luisinho Ramalho in the 63rd minute of the match. In the 64th minute, Bruno-Henrique Corsi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 67 played minutes Onsala Ass Kickers got a freekick which was hit by Jan Björnberg. Grajaú Uai Sôccer MG's Luisinho Ramalho got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 72nd match minute, Onsala Ass Kickers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kåre Bruhn to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Onsala Ass Kickers getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Tomas Fagerberg hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Axel Uggstedt during the 77th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Axel Uggstedt hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. In the 78th minute of the match Bruno-Henrique Corsi sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Thomas Hägglund skillfully saved the ball. When Edwin Sjöberg came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Onsala Ass Kickers 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 Edwin Sjöberg couldn't finish the play. Luisinho Ramalho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thomas Hägglund having to interfere. In the 87th minute, Johannes Stenberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thomas Hägglund showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edson Araújo, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. A collision led to Grajaú Uai Sôccer MG getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Luís Fabiano Vides hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edwin Sjöberg got free with Dé Souza in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.