U18 World League

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Spectators: 7722 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tony Lopes kicked off to start the match. A collision led to Cremonese FC getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Tony Lopes hit a great ball. After some careless play in the Cremonese FC defense, Tommy Aleberg kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Natanael Alvarenga. The Cremonese FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Natanael Alvarenga should have stopped the shot. Natanael Alvarenga stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tommy Aleberg's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. Carlinhos Aparecido charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Carlinhos Aparecido the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Tommy Aleberg's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 13thth minute, Natanael Alvarenga skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. ZigZag Athletic's Algot Påk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tony Lopes in the 17th minute of play. In the 18th match minute, ZigZag Athletic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonas Falck to maneuver through the defense. In the 20th minute, Tommy Aleberg 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. 25 minutes into the match, Tommy Aleberg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Natanael Alvarenga. Cremonese FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tommy Aleberg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. After 28 minutes, Hans Odén mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ZigZag Athletic and the Cremonese FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Cremonese FC booed when ZigZag Athletic was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hans Odén didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dagoberto Guedes in the 30th minute of play forced ZigZag Athletic's goalkeeper Algot Påk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Tommy Aleberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Natanael Alvarenga was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. After 43 played minutes ZigZag Athletic got a freekick which was hit by Josef Karlberg. After 46 minutes, Josef Karlberg mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ZigZag Athletic and the Cremonese FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, ZigZag Athletic's Josef Karlberg got a free kick in the 46th minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Rony Rossi hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. In the 52nd minute Ulf Böcklund shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Natanael Alvarenga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tommy Aleberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Natanael Alvarenga having to interfere. Algot Påk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tony Lopes in the 61st minute of play. In the 65th minute, Ulf Böcklund hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 67th minute, Dagoberto Guedes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abelardo Soares in the 69th minute of play forced ZigZag Athletic's goalkeeper Algot Påk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vilhelm Petersson during the 73rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 74 minutes, Sivert Hellsing mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ZigZag Athletic and the Cremonese FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 74 played minutes ZigZag Athletic got a freekick which was hit by Sivert Hellsing. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tony Lopes in the 83rd minute of play forced ZigZag Athletic's goalkeeper Algot Påk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 89th minute, Vilhelm Petersson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. ZigZag Athletic's defense didn't have a chance, in the 94th minute, when Dagoberto Guedes scored to the left of an out of position Algot Påk, making the score, 2-1. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The ZigZag Athletic fans cheered their team off the field, for while Cremonese FC had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.