U21 World League

Snow Globe
Spectators: 7490 (Terracing: 5618, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nisse Jul took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Aesir FC FSCMZ getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Igor Porto hit a great ball. North Pole Kickers's Philip Lägdin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frédson da Cunha in the 6th minute of play. Nisse Jul struck a weak shot in the 12th minute. Duda Soeiro didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for North Pole Kickers. Nestor Varela hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Duda Soeiro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nisse Jul in the 14th minute. Aesir FC FSCMZ's Délio Araújo quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Karl-Erik Frisk, made in the 21st minute of the game. Holger Wallengren hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. When Aesir FC FSCMZ's Igor Porto in the 24th minute got a chance for a shot 24th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye North Pole Kickers's goalie prevented a goal. Karl-Erik Frisk got a throw-in 31 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Nisse Jul. A collision led to Aesir FC FSCMZ getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Délio Araújo hit a great ball. A collision led to North Pole Kickers getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Jonatan Willig hit a great ball. When Frédson da Cunha came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Aesir FC FSCMZ 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 Frédson da Cunha couldn't finish the play. After 44 minutes, Holger Wallengren mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the North Pole Kickers and the Aesir FC FSCMZ players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Aesir FC FSCMZ booed when North Pole Kickers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Holger Wallengren didn't get a good kick on the ball.

North Pole Kickers's Filiph Jonsson was substituted for Holger Wallengren. North Pole Kickers's Anton Askelöf was substituted for Boris Ek. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Igor Porto to make the kick off. In the 58th minute, North Pole Kickers's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Igor Porto fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Philip Lägdin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Igor Porto in the 59th minute of play. In the 61st match minute, Aesir FC FSCMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rubens Ramalho to maneuver through the defense. Nisse Jul might have been able to make a better finish in the 63rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Duda Soeiro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nisse Jul ran back to his position shaking his head. A throw-in in the 64th minute of the game was made by Nestor Varela with Frédson da Cunha as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 66th minute, Igor Porto 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. Igor Porto's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Philip Lägdin firmly grabbed it by the left post. Philip Lägdin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Igor Porto went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Philip Lägdin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Igor Porto in the 75th minute. Igor Porto could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Philip Lägdin made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Nisse Jul's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Duda Soeiro was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. Célio Botelho's late challenge caught a North Pole Kickers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Célio Botelho helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Aesir FC FSCMZ getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Célio Botelho hit a great ball. Duda Soeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nisse Jul in the 86th minute of the match. 88 minutes into the match, Frédson da Cunha dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Philip Lägdin, 1-3. Igor Porto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Philip Lägdin having to interfere. Norberto Cruz struck a weak shot in the 95th minute. Philip Lägdin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Aesir FC FSCMZ. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frédson da Cunha in the 97th minute of play forced North Pole Kickers's goalkeeper Philip Lägdin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match was over Aesir FC FSCMZ could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than North Pole Kickers throughout the match.