U18 League

A Gentle Touch Arena
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Patrick Högman started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Joakim Östensson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Per-Olof Brandt in the 6th minute of play. When Harry Thedin came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Eleven Nation Army 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 Harry Thedin couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, A.C. GöstasHjältar's Tim Tingberg got a free kick in the 14th minute. If Per-Olof Brandt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jan-Olof Kjellman succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-0 in the 17th playminute. Eleven Nation Army's Joar Lilja played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Claes Lindqvist in the 21st minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jan-Olof Kjellman got free with Joakim Östensson in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Tim Tingberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Joar Lilja showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patrick Högman in the 30th minute of the match. Vincent Torsberg hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. Joakim Östensson acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 34th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Mikael Österlund. Joakim Östensson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Harry Thedin, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jan-Olof Kjellman stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jan-Olof Kjellman in the 52nd minute of play forced A.C. GöstasHjältar's goalkeeper Joakim Östensson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 57th minute Patrick Högman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joar Lilja saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 63 minutes into the match, Eleven Nation Army's goalkeeper Joar Lilja had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tim Tingberg. 3-0 became the score in the 66th minute when Per-Olof Brandt elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. If Patrick Högman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Harry Thedin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claes Lindqvist in the 78th minute of play forced Eleven Nation Army's goalkeeper Joar Lilja to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 84 played minutes Eleven Nation Army got a freekick which was hit by Harry Thedin. Joar Lilja took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claes Lindqvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 86th match minute, A.C. GöstasHjältar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Birger Vennerberg to maneuver through the defense. Eleven Nation Army were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of A.C. GöstasHjältar for a fine match.