World League

Margaretaplatsen
Spectators: 7523 (Terracing: 5643, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Linus Stenqvist got the match started through his kick off. Frans Billström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dennis Pihl, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Paulino Mendez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 5th minute of the match, but Frans Billström made a huge save. Al-Norr's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Patrik Åström in the 6th minute. Tallboda Gunners's Erling Walroth managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Dhrtatman Barmi in the 9 minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimitris Kolleris in the 11th minute of play forced Tallboda Gunners's goalkeeper Frans Billström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 12th minute Dimitris Kolleris shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frans Billström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tallboda Gunners's Frans Billström proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save Tallboda Gunners from getting a goal against them. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dennis Pihl in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Frans Billström saved Tallboda Gunners from getting behind. 18 minutes into the game, Tallboda Gunners's Linus Stenqvist nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mårten Ekström made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Frans Billström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dennis Pihl in the 23rd minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Dennis Pihl in the 23rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Frans Billström prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 24thth minute of the game Dennis Pihl who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Tallboda Gunners's Frans Billström was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Linus Stenqvist might have been able to make a better finish in the 26th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mårten Ekström. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Linus Stenqvist ran back to his position shaking his head. Mårten Ekström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Linus Stenqvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. If Linus Stenqvist had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Mårten Ekström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Linus Stenqvist in the 29th minute of play. Linus Stenqvist might have been able to make a better finish in the 31st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mårten Ekström. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Linus Stenqvist ran back to his position shaking his head. 36 minutes into the game, Tallboda Gunners's Linus Stenqvist nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mårten Ekström made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. Mårten Ekström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Linus Stenqvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Christian Östensson got a throw-in 44 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Christian Waller. 45 minutes in the game Dhrtatman Barmi did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Dimitris Kolleris. 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.

The wind increased when Dimitris Kolleris made the kick off in the second half. Linus Stenqvist could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Mårten Ekström made a huge save. Mårten Ekström made an important save on a dangerous shot by Linus Stenqvist in the 66th minute. Al-Norr made a substitution. Fredric Collin replaced Paulino Mendez. Tallboda Gunners made a substitution. Tomas Ekrot replaced Linus Stenqvist. Christian Östensson made in the 71st minute of the game a quick throw-in and Dhrtatman Barmi immediately put the ball in play. Mårten Ekström made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Ekrot in the 73rd minute. In the 76th minute Fredric Collin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frans Billström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Al-Norr made a substitution. Björn Rönn replaced Christian Waller. A throw-in in the 81st minute of the game was made by Dhrtatman Barmi with Dimitris Kolleris as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. With a little luck, Al-Norr's Mårten Ekström got control of the ball when Tomas Ekrot tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 86th minute, Dimitris Kolleris left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Al-Norr fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. In the 90th minute of the game Dhrtatman Barmi made a throw-in which Dimitris Kolleris played forward. If Tomas Ekrot had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Al-Norr's Mårten Ekström proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 93rd minute of the match, managed to save Al-Norr from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Björn Rönn in the 95th minute of play forced Tallboda Gunners's goalkeeper Frans Billström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tallboda Gunners's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.