World League

Olympia
Spectators: 7593 (Terracing: 5696, Seating: 1746, VIP seats: 151) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jedrzej Kasprzak kicked off to start the match. Manfred Fribäck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ákos Szél in the 4th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Nagyváradi AC's Lajos Almási got a free kick in the 9th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jedrzej Kasprzak in the 11th minute of play forced Norrlands Athen's goalkeeper Manfred Fribäck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 12th minute Jedrzej Kasprzak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manfred Fribäck saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nicolás Castillo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Jos Van Hinnendael made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chu Yang Qiang in the 15th minute of play forced Norrlands Athen's goalkeeper Manfred Fribäck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nicolás Castillo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 16th minute of the match, but Jos Van Hinnendael made a huge save. Nagyváradi AC's Jos Van Hinnendael played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erik Ljusberg in the 20th minute of play. 21 minutes into the match, Jedrzej Kasprzak had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Manfred Fribäck. Norrlands Athen's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jedrzej Kasprzak was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erik Ljusberg in the 24th minute of play forced Nagyváradi AC's goalkeeper Jos Van Hinnendael to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 30th minute Ákos Szél shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manfred Fribäck saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jos Van Hinnendael made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erik Ljusberg in the 43rd minute of play. Manfred Fribäck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jedrzej Kasprzak in the 45th minute of play. In the 47th match minute, Norrlands Athen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Frank Berglund to maneuver through the defense. The Norrlands Athen players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Nagyváradi AC were winning 0-1.

The wind increased when Erik Ljusberg made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Jedrzej Kasprzak 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. Erik Ljusberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Ákos Szél had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Manfred Fribäck took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jedrzej Kasprzak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jos Van Hinnendael didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nicolás Castillo went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Norrlands Athen made a substitution. Tord Lundin replaced Qian Zhen Sheng. Nagyváradi AC's Zsolt Zolnai was substituted for Ábel Zarka. In the 67th minute of the match, Ákos Szél got a very nice opportunity to score, but Manfred Fribäck was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Thanks to some nice moves Ákos Szél could shoot a difficult shot in the 69th minute, which Manfred Fribäck however easily saved by the left post. After 71 minutes, Hong Xing Yang mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Nagyváradi AC and the Norrlands Athen players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Nagyváradi AC's Hong Xing Yang got a free kick in the 71st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jedrzej Kasprzak in the 76th minute of play forced Norrlands Athen's goalkeeper Manfred Fribäck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 76th minute Jedrzej Kasprzak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manfred Fribäck saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner ended in Zsolt Zolnai almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Norrlands Athen's Manfred Fribäck did a great save. 83 minutes into the match, Gilbert Hermansson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jos Van Hinnendael. Nagyváradi AC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gilbert Hermansson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Jos Van Hinnendael made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erik Ljusberg in the 87th minute of play. With a little luck, Norrlands Athen's Manfred Fribäck got control of the ball when Jedrzej Kasprzak tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Nagyváradi AC's Lajos Almási got a free kick in the 95th minute. Norrlands Athen were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Nagyváradi AC for a fine match.