U18 World League

ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Arena®
Spectators: 8020 (Terracing: 6017, Seating: 1844, VIP seats: 159) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Andréas Holmstedt got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Wilian Quadros ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Eskil Rosen. Eskil Rosen yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. When Allan Blomkvist came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the Bɪᴀɴᴄᴀ ŦС 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 Allan Blomkvist couldn't finish the play. Ulysses Peixoto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andréas Holmstedt in the 11th minute of play. Otto Bergendahl was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 13 minutes into the match. After 13 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Bɪᴀɴᴄᴀ ŦС! When the match had been going on for 15 minutes, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Tiaguinho Hermes got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Eskil Rosen. 24 minutes into the game, Andréas Holmstedt cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Ulysses Peixoto was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, Bɪᴀɴᴄᴀ ŦС's Viktor Häger got a free kick in the 26th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Iuri Bittencourt during the 32nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Iuri Bittencourt kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. 34 minutes into the game, Bɪᴀɴᴄᴀ ŦС's Andréas Holmstedt nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ulysses Peixoto made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. Ulysses Peixoto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fredrik Hermansson in the 39th minute of the match. The first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Wilian Quadros to make the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nando de Queiroz in the 52nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eskil Rosen prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 53rd minute, Fredrik Hermansson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 54th match minute, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rafinha Lopez to maneuver through the defense. Bɪᴀɴᴄᴀ ŦС's Andréas Holmstedt suffered a sore thigh after 56 minutes and couldn't finish the game. After 57 minutes, Tiaguinho Hermes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ and the Bɪᴀɴᴄᴀ ŦС players grew even worse after the yellow card. Bɪᴀɴᴄᴀ ŦС made a substitution. Love Italia replaced Fredrik Hermansson. ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ made a substitution. Emerson Motta replaced Luan Nascimento. In a very dangerous position, a player in ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 56th minute. Penalty! ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ:s Ulysses Peixoto showed great skill when he stopped Love Bianca:s penalty. 74 minutes into the match, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's goalkeeper Ulysses Peixoto had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Viktor Häger. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilian Quadros in the 75th minute of play forced Bɪᴀɴᴄᴀ ŦС's goalkeeper Eskil Rosen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 78th minute, Bɪᴀɴᴄᴀ ŦС's Max Törnblom dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-3. Max Törnblom received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Ulysses Peixoto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Max Törnblom hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. 88 minutes into the match, Max Törnblom had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ulysses Peixoto. ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Max Törnblom was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-4. Ulysses Peixoto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Max Törnblom in the 90th minute of the match. In the 95th minute Love Italia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ulysses Peixoto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match was over Bɪᴀɴᴄᴀ ŦС could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ throughout the match.