U18 World League

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Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5626, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) Mário Rodrigues started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Tobias Godholm charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tobias Godholm the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Karen FC getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Tobias Godholm hit a great ball. 9 minutes into the match, FC Beatriz 08's goalkeeper Angélico Borges had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bon Guidetti. The supporters of Karen FC booed when FC Beatriz 08 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gervásio Mourato didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ulf Nyberg hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Linus Brovall fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Angélico Borges having to interfere. Bon Guidetti scored 1-1 in the 25th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Angélico Borges, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Angélico Borges made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bon Guidetti in the 32nd minute. In the 32nd minute, Karen FC's Bon Guidetti ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Angélico Borges. Angélico Borges yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. In the 36th minute, Vivaldo Horta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mário Rodrigues sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to FC Beatriz 08 getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Pedro Bezerra hit a great ball. Mathias Julin was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 44th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Chrisostomos Grimsø fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Angélico Borges having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Pedro Bezerra during the 53rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Pedro Bezerra hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Bon Guidetti's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Angélico Borges was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mário Rodrigues got free with Eric Andberg in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bon Guidetti in the 65th minute of play forced FC Beatriz 08's goalkeeper Angélico Borges to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 69th minute, Pedro Bezerra hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Bon Guidetti came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Karen FC 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 Bon Guidetti couldn't finish the play. Bon Guidetti fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Angélico Borges having to interfere. In the 78th minute, Chrisostomos Grimsø made a precise shot to the right of Angélico Borges. FC Beatriz 08's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. Chrisostomos Grimsø blasted a shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Angélico Borges having to make a save. Angélico Borges made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bon Guidetti in the 88th minute of play. In the 88th minute, Bon Guidetti made a precise shot to the right of Angélico Borges. FC Beatriz 08's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-1. Chrisostomos Grimsø received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Angélico Borges tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bon Guidetti fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 98th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Angélico Borges having to interfere. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Karen FC had played much better football throughout.