U21 World League

ARENA ITAFUT 4EVER
Spectators: 7678 (Terracing: 5759, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Bertil Åström made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4th match minute, ITAFUT 4EVER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Márcio Sena to maneuver through the defense. Ernesto Varela took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alfred Österberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alfred Österberg in the 8th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ernesto Varela prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by ITAFUT 4EVER's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hans Nordström was slow to take the kick. During this time Zero Hedge's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Zero Hedge's Hans Nordström to fire away a dangerous shot which Ernesto Varela despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Jens-Ola Löv showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Orlando Mineiro in the 17th minute of the match. 18 minutes had been played when some careless play by Zero Hedge's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Orlando Mineiro was slow to take the kick. During this time ITAFUT 4EVER's players had a chance to rest. Ronaldinho Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jens-Ola Löv having to interfere. Jens-Ola Löv made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Fred Coutinho sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, ITAFUT 4EVER's Ronaldinho Costa got a free kick in the 26th minute. After 28 minutes, Cléber Palmeira mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ITAFUT 4EVER and the Zero Hedge players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 28th match minute, ITAFUT 4EVER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cléber Palmeira to maneuver through the defense. If Alfred Österberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ernesto Varela showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bertil Åström in the 33rd minute of the match. Zero Hedge's attentive Lukas Kråk managed to snatch the ball when Wilson Netto made a throw-in in the 35th minute of the game. ITAFUT 4EVER's Ernesto Varela played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfred Österberg in the 37th minute of play. Lukas Kråk charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lukas Kråk the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 42 played minutes Zero Hedge got a freekick which was hit by Lukas Kråk. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfred Österberg in the 46th minute of play forced ITAFUT 4EVER's goalkeeper Ernesto Varela to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Zero Hedge made a substitution. Edwin Axelsson replaced Alfred Österberg. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Orlando Mineiro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 55 minutes, Orlando Mineiro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ITAFUT 4EVER and the Zero Hedge players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, ITAFUT 4EVER's Orlando Mineiro got a free kick in the 55th minute. In the 56th minute Edwin Axelsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ernesto Varela saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 59 minutes into the game, Orlando Mineiro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Jens-Ola Löv was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 66th minute, Edwin Axelsson 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. In the 69th minute, Bengt Jonsson made a precise shot to the right of Ernesto Varela. ITAFUT 4EVER's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. After a rather tough play, ITAFUT 4EVER's Cléber Palmeira got a free kick in the 73rd minute. After recieving a nice pass, Zero Hedge's Hans Nordström tried to score from far away in the 74th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Ernesto Varela stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Edwin Axelsson's shot from short distance in the 79th minute. With a little luck, ITAFUT 4EVER's Ernesto Varela got control of the ball when Edwin Axelsson tried to sneak it across the goal line. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 89th minute of the game. One of Zero Hedge:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of ITAFUT 4EVER:s goal. Zero Hedge:s Jens-Ola Löv showed great skill when he stopped Orlando Mineiro:s penalty. After 90 minutes of play, ITAFUT 4EVER's Orlando Mineiro made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jens-Ola Löv was left in no man's land by his defense there! Wilson Netto made in the 97th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Beto Viana however managed to control. ITAFUT 4EVER's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.