U21 World League

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Spectators: 7553 (Terracing: 5666, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jan Larsson started the match with the kick off. Jan-Åke Nordlander showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Etienne Van Thomme, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. Roberto-Carlos Effenberger's late challenge caught a FF Små Gröna Män's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Roberto-Carlos Effenberger helped the player get up and apologised. In the 19th minute, Jan Larsson fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Tommi Adams, passed just outside the right post. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sali Urban in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jan-Åke Nordlander prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match clock showed 25 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Sali Urban sped through FF Små Gröna Män's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jan-Åke Nordlander. In the 27th match minute, ΔΓЅΣ∏ ΔLLΔ ∏GΣGG was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Steffen Krabbe to maneuver through the defense. Ian Ahlbom came free with the goalkeeper in the 28th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Tommi Adams could save by the left post. Jan-Åke Nordlander made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sali Urban in the 30th minute of play. ΔΓЅΣ∏ ΔLLΔ ∏GΣGG's Tommi Adams proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save ΔΓЅΣ∏ ΔLLΔ ∏GΣGG from getting a goal against them. Kevin Behrens hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. In the 37th minute Sali Urban shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jan-Åke Nordlander saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jan Larsson succeeded in the game's 38th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-1. Jan-Åke Nordlander took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Van Von Bischhoffshausen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jan Larsson in the 44th minute of play forced ΔΓЅΣ∏ ΔLLΔ ∏GΣGG's goalkeeper Tommi Adams to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jan Larsson's late challenge caught a ΔΓЅΣ∏ ΔLLΔ ∏GΣGG's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jan Larsson helped the player get up and apologised. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Sali Urban made a kick off. A collision led to FF Små Gröna Män getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Henry Larsson hit a great ball. In the 58th minute, Sali Urban ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jan-Åke Nordlander was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. 62 minutes into the game, Ian Ahlbom cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Tommi Adams was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Tommi Adams took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ian Ahlbom, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The corner led to FF Små Gröna Män's Nils-Erik Kilström getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. In the 69thth minute of the game Sali Urban who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FF Små Gröna Män's Jan-Åke Nordlander was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jan Larsson in the 71st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tommi Adams saved ΔΓЅΣ∏ ΔLLΔ ∏GΣGG from getting behind. Jan Larsson took the ball and in the 80 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tommi Adams. Tommi Adams dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sali Urban in the 84th minute of play forced FF Små Gröna Män's goalkeeper Jan-Åke Nordlander to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tommi Adams showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ian Ahlbom in the 90th minute of the match. FF Små Gröna Män were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of ΔΓЅΣ∏ ΔLLΔ ∏GΣGG for a fine match.