U18 World League

CASTROMIL FC Stadium
Spectators: 7853 (Terracing: 5891, Seating: 1806, VIP seats: 156) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Don Duarte kicked off to start the match. Alexandre Veríssimo hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Sven-Arne Lundberg's late challenge caught a CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sven-Arne Lundberg helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to FF Små Gröna Män getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Sven-Arne Lundberg hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Don Duarte got free with Valdemar Forsberg in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 10th minute of the match CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land got a corner. FF Små Gröna Män's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Rei Duarte ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Rei Duarte got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Valdemar Forsberg quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 11 minutes into the match, FF Små Gröna Män's goal looked a bit too open when Emanuel Miguéis came free, but Valdemar Forsberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Emanuel Miguéis came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land 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 Emanuel Miguéis couldn't finish the play. Valdemar Forsberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emanuel Miguéis in the 17th minute of the match. Valdemar Forsberg didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's Mateus Campos shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Verner Hansson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without King Duarte having to interfere. King Duarte took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arvid Henriksson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's King Duarte played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arvid Henriksson in the 29th minute of play. With a little luck, FF Små Gröna Män's Valdemar Forsberg got control of the ball when Mateus Campos tried to sneak it across the goal line. FF Små Gröna Män's Valdemar Forsberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emanuel Miguéis in the 35th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Don Duarte put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Valdemar Forsberg. Arvid Henriksson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Brian Söderqwist fell near the penalty area in the 44th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FF Små Gröna Män's protests and gave Brian Söderqwist a yellow card for diving instead. Brian Söderqwist hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. 46 minutes into the match, CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's Rei Duarte broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

62 minutes into the match, FF Små Gröna Män's goal looked a bit too open when Don Duarte came free, but Valdemar Forsberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 62nd match minute, FF Små Gröna Män was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tage Lundberg to maneuver through the defense. Valdemar Forsberg didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alexandre Veríssimo went, in the 64th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Verner Hansson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. King Duarte tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Through an outstanding action, after 77 minutes, King Duarte successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 79 minutes of play CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's Alexandre Veríssimo was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. The supporters of FF Små Gröna Män booed when CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alexandre Veríssimo didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mateus Campos in the 81st minute of play forced FF Små Gröna Män's goalkeeper Valdemar Forsberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land had won after a very even match.