U18 World League

Pau Nas Canelas
Spectators: 7462 (Terracing: 5597, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Veríssimo Bento got the match started through his kick off. Filipe Avelar hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. After recieving a nice pass, Lobster if's Martin Eliasson tried to score from far away in the 5th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After 8 minutes of play, Pau Nas Canelas's Fernando Ribas made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Per-Åke Isaksson was left in no man's land by his defense there! 2-0 became the score in the 13th minute when Fernando Ribas elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Fernando Ribas in the 40th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Per-Åke Isaksson prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Lobster if's Klas Aleberg managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Laércio Vides in the 45 minute of the game. In the 48th minute, Adam Ek 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. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Bengt Almkvist made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st match minute, Lobster if was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Martin Eliasson to maneuver through the defense. The throw-in from Laércio Vides in the 55th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Lobster if's Robin Holmberg. In the 58th minute Bengt Almkvist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Caio Abreu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fernando Ribas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 65th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Veríssimo Bento in the 69th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Per-Åke Isaksson prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Robin Holmberg hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. 72 minutes into the match, Veríssimo Bento had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Per-Åke Isaksson. Lobster if's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Veríssimo Bento was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Bengt Almkvist fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Caio Abreu having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bengt Almkvist got free with Caio Abreu in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Pau Nas Canelas's Fernando Ribas got a good chance for a goal in the 87th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Per-Åke Isaksson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Veríssimo Bento in the 95th minute of the match.