U18 World League

VFF Stadion
Spectators: 7847 (Terracing: 5887, Seating: 1804, VIP seats: 156) 4 minutes into the game, CANIL VON ZAATARI™️'s Natanael de Carvalho nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lars Molander made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Luís Paulo Neves hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Bengt-Arne Smed kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Sidney Hermes. That made the score 1-1 in the 8 minute of play. Bengt-Arne Smed recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 13th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Lars Molander showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nico Moreira in the 15th minute of the match. With his leg Sidney Hermes managed to avoid a goal in the 17thth minute, when Vejbystrand's Magne Linqvist fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Lars Molander made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luís Paulo Neves in the 21st minute of play. With an all-out effort, Vejbystrand's Sidney Hermes threw himself towards the right post 23 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Felix Stenquist, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 28 minutes into the match, Nico Moreira had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lars Molander. Vejbystrand's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nico Moreira was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Magne Linqvist in the 34th minute of play forced CANIL VON ZAATARI™️'s goalkeeper Sidney Hermes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 34 minutes into the game, Vejbystrand's Magne Linqvist nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sidney Hermes made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. In the 40th minute, Luiz Henrique left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The CANIL VON ZAATARI™️ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. Luiz Henrique sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. CANIL VON ZAATARI™️'s Jefferson Paranaense was substituted for João Pedro Paiva. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 2-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Magne Linqvist stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. CANIL VON ZAATARI™️'s Luís Paulo Neves got a good chance for a goal in the 53rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the match had gone on for 54 minutes, Pedrão Pirani took a quick shot and it went in 2-4 without a chance for Lars Molander to make any attempt to save it. After a rather tough play, Vejbystrand's Tobias Tholsson got a free kick in the 57th minute. 59 minutes into the match, Vejbystrand's goal looked a bit too open when Pedrão Pirani came free, but Lars Molander reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pedrão Pirani sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. A collision led to Vejbystrand getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Felix Stenquist hit a great ball. After 71 minutes Vejbystrand's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Luís Paulo Coelho who took care of the corner kick. An unexpected shot in the 74th minute by Luiz Henrique got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 78th minute Magne Linqvist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sidney Hermes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lars Molander was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Pedrão Pirani showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-5 in the 80 minute of play. Luiz Henrique struck a weak shot in the 94th minute. Lars Molander didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for CANIL VON ZAATARI™️. If Wanderson Paranaense had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The Vejbystrand fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. CANIL VON ZAATARI™️ were clearly better and deserved to take the win.