U23 World League

Banvallen
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) In the 10th minute, Stefan Myr hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sture Gerdberg stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Wiliam Damião's shot from short distance in the 11th minute. Tostão Cardoso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sören Johnsson in the 13th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sören Johnsson in the 15th minute of play forced Montesclarense E.C.'s goalkeeper Tostão Cardoso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tostão Cardoso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sören Johnsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 19 minutes into the game, Tommy Lind was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Glemmingebro IF's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Montesclarense E.C. the free kick. A collision led to Glemmingebro IF getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Tommy Lind hit a great ball. Tostão Cardoso was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Joakim Dahlman. Marcos Figueiredo charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Marcos Figueiredo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Montesclarense E.C.'s Marcos Figueiredo got a free kick in the 26th minute. Tostão Cardoso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sören Johnsson in the 28th minute of play. Tostão Cardoso was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Sven-Oskar Hammarström showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 33 minute of play. In the 37th match minute, Montesclarense E.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Durval Tinoco to maneuver through the defense. 38 minutes into the match, Glemmingebro IF's Joakim Dahlman sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tostão Cardoso narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Wiliam Damião came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the Montesclarense E.C. 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 Wiliam Damião couldn't finish the play. Tostão Cardoso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sören Johnsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wiliam Damião in the 47th minute of play forced Glemmingebro IF's goalkeeper Sture Gerdberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

When Sven-Oskar Hammarström came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the Glemmingebro IF 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 Sven-Oskar Hammarström couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sören Johnsson in the 52nd minute of play forced Montesclarense E.C.'s goalkeeper Tostão Cardoso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sören Johnsson in the 54th minute of play forced Montesclarense E.C.'s goalkeeper Tostão Cardoso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Wiliam Damião's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sture Gerdberg was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. Tommy Lind scored 2-0 in the 62nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tostão Cardoso, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Birger Erserman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tostão Cardoso was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Wiliam Damião in the 69th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sture Gerdberg prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Tostão Cardoso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tommy Lind in the 71st minute of play. In the 75th minute Sven-Oskar Hammarström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tostão Cardoso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 78th minute, Tommy Lind 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. If Sören Johnsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Wiliam Damião got free with Sture Gerdberg in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sören Johnsson in the 90th minute of play forced Montesclarense E.C.'s goalkeeper Tostão Cardoso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Montesclarense E.C.'s players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.