U23 World League

Signal Iduna Park
Spectators: 7450 (Terracing: 5589, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) MAGNIFICOS.FC's Nilton Berger played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lukas Moberg in the 5th minute of play. Nilton Berger showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivan Johansson in the 7th minute of the match. Olov Groth was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Bernardinho Fernandes showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 10 minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when John Mendes got free with Olov Groth in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 13 played minutes MAGNIFICOS.FC got a freekick which was hit by Waldemar Cunha. In the 14th minute of the match Douglas Wiman shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Nilton Berger showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 15th match minute, FC Snipers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mark Bergfeldt to maneuver through the defense. 20 minutes in the game Mark Bergfeldt did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Inge Gustafsson. After 29 played minutes MAGNIFICOS.FC got a freekick which was hit by Dorival Moura. In the 30th minute of the match Douglas Wiman sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Nilton Berger skillfully saved the ball. John Mendes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Olov Groth made a huge save. After a defensive mix-up in FC Snipers's zone, John Mendes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Olov Groth came out of the goal and John Mendes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 39th minute Ivan Johansson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nilton Berger saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lukas Moberg in the 44th minute of play forced MAGNIFICOS.FC's goalkeeper Nilton Berger to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ivan Johansson to strike the kick off in the second half. If Bernardinho Fernandes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of MAGNIFICOS.FC booed when FC Snipers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ivan Johansson didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of FC Snipers booed when MAGNIFICOS.FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. John Mendes didn't get a good kick on the ball. When John Mendes got the opportunity to take care of a free kick it resulted in a really dangerous shot that almost went in the goal. Instead the ball went too high, a missed opportunity for MAGNIFICOS.FC. Nilton Berger took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ivan Johansson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bernardinho Marquez kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Nilton Berger made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tim Hård in the 66th minute. In the 67th minute, Waldemar Cunha hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 69 minutes, Bernardinho Fernandes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the MAGNIFICOS.FC and the FC Snipers players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 72nd match minute, FC Snipers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tim Hård to maneuver through the defense. Mark Bergfeldt made in the 74th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Lukas Moberg. A collision led to MAGNIFICOS.FC getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Bernardinho Fernandes hit a great ball. The supporters of FC Snipers booed when MAGNIFICOS.FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bernardinho Fernandes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nilton Berger made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Lukas Moberg sent off a good shot on target. Armandinho Mello was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 90 minutes into the match. In the 89th minute, one of MAGNIFICOS.FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for MAGNIFICOS.FC. After a rather tough play, MAGNIFICOS.FC's Elivélton Domingues got a free kick in the 92nd minute. FC Snipers's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because MAGNIFICOS.FC had won, even though FC Snipers had held more of the ball.