U21 World League

Parque Arara Canindé
Spectators: 7608 (Terracing: 5707, Seating: 1750, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jarbas Pombal started the match with the kick off. Carlos Eduardo Donatello took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zlatan Beck, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Reko-Recko 03™'s Carlos Eduardo Donatello played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bo-Erik Nyström in the 5th minute of play. After 6 minutes, Zlatan Beck made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Reko-Recko 03™'s Carlos Eduardo Donatello tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Carlos Eduardo Donatello showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bo-Erik Nyström in the 11th minute of the match. Carlos Eduardo Donatello showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karl-Axel Böcklund, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. The supporters of Reko-Recko 03™ booed when Dallen Fc was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Per-Olof Walroth didn't get a good kick on the ball. Carlos Eduardo Donatello stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Karl-Axel Böcklund's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. In the 24th match minute, Reko-Recko 03™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Chico Dracena to maneuver through the defense. In the 28th minute of the match, Robinho Falcão got a very nice opportunity to score, but Nils Eklund was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Nils Eklund was a little too slow when Robinho Falcão got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 29th minute. The score was now 1-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jarbas Pombal got free with Nils Eklund in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karl-Axel Böcklund in the 37th minute of play forced Reko-Recko 03™'s goalkeeper Carlos Eduardo Donatello to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Carlos Eduardo Donatello took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bo-Erik Nyström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Carlos Eduardo Donatello took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bo-Erik Nyström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Federico Valverde took the ball and in the 55 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nils Eklund. Nils Eklund dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Reko-Recko 03™'s Carlos Eduardo Donatello proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save Reko-Recko 03™ from getting a goal against them. Reko-Recko 03™'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 61st minute, when Zlatan Beck scored to the left of an out of position Carlos Eduardo Donatello, making the score, 2-2. The audience thought a goal was coming when Karl-Axel Böcklund got free with Carlos Eduardo Donatello in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 67 minutes had been played when some careless play by Reko-Recko 03™'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Zlatan Beck was slow to take the kick. During this time Dallen Fc's players had a chance to rest. After a defensive mix-up in Reko-Recko 03™'s zone, Karl-Axel Böcklund stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Carlos Eduardo Donatello came out of the goal and Karl-Axel Böcklund tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Carlos Eduardo Donatello made an important save on a dangerous shot by Karl-Axel Böcklund in the 71st minute. Reko-Recko 03™'s Carlos Eduardo Donatello played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bo-Erik Nyström in the 72nd minute of play. Carlos Eduardo Donatello stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Karl-Axel Böcklund's shot from short distance in the 73rd minute. Karl-Axel Böcklund received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Carlos Eduardo Donatello tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 76 minutes into the match, Jan-Ove Söderqvist had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Carlos Eduardo Donatello. Reko-Recko 03™'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jan-Ove Söderqvist was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zlatan Beck in the 79th minute of play forced Reko-Recko 03™'s goalkeeper Carlos Eduardo Donatello to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Karl-Axel Böcklund got free with Carlos Eduardo Donatello in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 85th minute Johan Mellberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlos Eduardo Donatello saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Robinho Falcão fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nils Eklund having to interfere. Carlos Eduardo Donatello showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karl-Axel Böcklund in the 97th minute of the match.