U18 World League

Teepee Park
Spectators: 7490 (Terracing: 5618, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Yngve Ekström made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 7thth minute of the game Yngve Ekström who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Hurricanes FC's Orlando Crain was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 10 minutes into the game, RullaBoll's Holger Sjöberg nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Orlando Crain made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Orlando Crain made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jimmy Eliasson in the 16th minute of play. When Yong Pool fell near the penalty area in the 17th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Hurricanes FC's protests and gave Yong Pool a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Hurricanes FC getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Yong Pool hit a great ball. After 18 minutes, Amos Hopkins mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Hurricanes FC and the RullaBoll players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 19th minute, Jimmy Eliasson 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. Holger Sjöberg scored 0-2 in the 21st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Orlando Crain, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 26 minutes into the game, Jan-Ove Lennartsson cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Orlando Crain was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Hurricanes FC's Orlando Crain played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jan-Ove Lennartsson in the 28th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, Jan-Ove Lennartsson notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Hurricanes FC's Orlando Crain. Orlando Crain was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Orlando Crain came out of the goal in the 34th minute to try and stop a shot by RullaBoll's Jan-Ove Lennartsson. But to his dismay, Jan-Ove Lennartsson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. Orlando Crain took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jan-Ove Lennartsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marc Coupart fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jens-Erik Vestberg having to interfere. In the 43rd match minute, RullaBoll was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jimmy Eliasson to maneuver through the defense. Timmy Torstensson's late challenge caught a Hurricanes FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Timmy Torstensson helped the player get up and apologised. In a very dangerous position, a player in RullaBoll fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 44th minute. Penalty! The goalkeeper, Jens-Erik Vestberg, was totally fooled by Hurricanes FC's Alton Beaujolie, who 45 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. After the first half RullaBoll were leading 1-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

In the 53rd match minute, RullaBoll was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Johannes Collin to maneuver through the defense. In the 58th minute, Timmy Torstensson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Orlando Crain was a little too slow when Jimmy Eliasson got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 61st minute. The score was now 1-6. When the match had gone on for 65 minutes, Jan-Ove Lennartsson took a quick shot and it went in 1-7 without a chance for Orlando Crain to make any attempt to save it. Orlando Crain made an important save on a dangerous shot by Holger Sjöberg in the 69th minute. Orlando Crain made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Holger Sjöberg sent off a good shot on target. In the 76th minute, Jan-Ove Lennartsson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Orlando Crain was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-8. If Jimmy Eliasson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 83rd minute, Anatole Gil hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 85 minutes of play Hurricanes FC's Amos Hopkins was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. The supporters of RullaBoll booed when Hurricanes FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amos Hopkins didn't get a good kick on the ball. Yong Pool sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. RullaBoll's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.