U23 World League

Arena da Baixada
Spectators: 7693 (Terracing: 5771, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) Granadero10's Gugu Travassos started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 2 minutes of play, Granadero10's Gugu Travassos made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Reine Pettersson was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Preator Edikt's Kim Larsfelt got a free kick in the 7th minute. Reine Pettersson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gugu Travassos, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Preator Edikt's Reine Pettersson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tiago Sena in the 15th minute of play. Sydney Barros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jens-Ove Ambjörnsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. After a rather tough play, Granadero10's Inácio Barbosa got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Granadero10's Sydney Barros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jens-Ove Ambjörnsson in the 24th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jens-Ove Ambjörnsson in the 26th minute of play forced Granadero10's goalkeeper Sydney Barros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Granadero10's Gugu Travassos got a free kick in the 26th minute. In the 29th minute Nils-Erik Sundberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sydney Barros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Reine Pettersson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Willian Neves, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Preator Edikt's Reine Pettersson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tiago Sena in the 35th minute of play. Reine Pettersson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Willian Neves in the 36th minute of the match. 42 minutes into the match, Preator Edikt's goal looked a bit too open when Tiago Sena came free, but Reine Pettersson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Reine Pettersson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Inácio Barbosa, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. The supporters of Granadero10 booed when Preator Edikt was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kim Larsfelt didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hermínio Ferreira struck a weak shot in the 45th minute. Reine Pettersson didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Granadero10. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Jens-Ove Ambjörnsson made the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Preator Edikt getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Nils-Erik Sundberg hit a great ball. 53 minutes into the match, Granadero10's goalkeeper Sydney Barros had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jens-Ove Ambjörnsson. Reine Pettersson came out of the goal in the 56th minute to try and stop a shot by Granadero10's Willian Neves. But to his dismay, Willian Neves quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Reine Pettersson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Willian Neves went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Reine Pettersson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Willian Neves in the 65th minute of play. 66 minutes into the match, Inácio Barbosa notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Preator Edikt's Reine Pettersson. Reine Pettersson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to Granadero10 getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Gugu Travassos hit a great ball. Reine Pettersson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tiago Sena went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. Granadero10's Severino Mendes was substituted for Gugu Travassos. Granadero10's Severino Mendes got a good chance for a goal in the 87th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Jens-Ove Ambjörnsson came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the Preator Edikt 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 Jens-Ove Ambjörnsson couldn't finish the play. Preator Edikt's Reine Pettersson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hortêncio de Medeiros in the 93rd minute of play. Granadero10's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.