U18 World League

Single Malt
Spectators: 7444 (Terracing: 5584, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Helge Glad made the kick off which started today's match. Karl-Michael Valler's late challenge caught a Dalmore's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Karl-Michael Valler helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Hisings Kärra RK's Karl-Michael Valler got a free kick in the 6th minute. A collision led to Dalmore getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Martijn Meys hit a great ball. Bengt-Arne Harman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Staffan Törnqvist came out of the goal in the 13th minute to try and stop a shot by Dalmore's Gery Marchal. But to his dismay, Gery Marchal quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. After 17 minutes of play, Hisings Kärra RK's Helge Glad made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jean-Louis De Loose was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 19th minute, Roger Törnblom hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 24 played minutes Dalmore got a freekick which was hit by Tibaut Labrouche. In the 27th minute, Gery Marchal ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Staffan Törnqvist was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. If Helge Glad had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Staffan Törnqvist made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fernand Vervaet in the 39th minute. The supporters of Hisings Kärra RK booed when Dalmore was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yanis Sellekaerts didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 41st minute, Yanis Sellekaerts hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bengt-Arne Harman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Martijn Meys hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gery Marchal to make the kick off. If Bengt-Arne Harman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 59 minutes into the game, Jerom Van den Enden threw the ball into play from the sideline. Hisings Kärra RK's Bengt-Arne Harman quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Staffan Törnqvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fernand Vervaet in the 64th minute of play. Jean-Louis De Loose showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivar Vallengren, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Staffan Törnqvist didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fernand Vervaet went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Jean-Louis De Loose showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bengt-Arne Harman, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Hisings Kärra RK's Staffan Törnqvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gery Marchal in the 85th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Yanis Sellekaerts in the 86th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Staffan Törnqvist prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Hisings Kärra RK's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.