U23 World League

Stadio San Nicola
Spectators: 7721 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Åke Fors took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 11 minutes, Ermanno Zulli mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bari F.C. and the Degerfors IF players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ermanno Zulli hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Franco Bellucci showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Åke Fors in the 12th minute of the match. 13 minutes into the match, Degerfors IF's goalkeeper Sebastian Sandberg had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alexander Tarantini. Leonard Christoffersson hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Franco Bellucci showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Åke Fors in the 19th minute of the match. Franco Bellucci showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Åke Fors in the 20th minute of the match. In the 35th match minute, Degerfors IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 武杰弘 to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Bari F.C.'s Ermanno Zulli got a free kick in the 36th minute. After 40 played minutes Degerfors IF got a freekick which was hit by Frans Vennerkvist. In the 41st minute, Guto Gomes had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. Ermanno Zulli was shown his second yellow card after 41 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Degerfors IF made a substitution. Kristian Brodin replaced Guto Gomes. Ermanno Zulli hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. In the 45th minute, Åke Fors ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Franco Bellucci was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The wind increased when Alexander Tarantini made the kick off in the second half. The throw-in from Jaroslaw Kensicki in the 53rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Degerfors IF's Henrik Nordlund. Degerfors IF's attentive Fredrik Isak managed to snatch the ball when Jaroslaw Kensicki made a throw-in in the 54th minute of the game. Angelo Gabriele hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. A collision led to Degerfors IF getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Fredrik Isak hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Bari F.C.'s zone, Leonard Christoffersson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Franco Bellucci came out of the goal and Leonard Christoffersson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Åke Fors in the 68th minute of play forced Bari F.C.'s goalkeeper Franco Bellucci to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Degerfors IF's Åke Fors in the 78th minute got a chance for a shot 78th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Bari F.C.'s goalie prevented a goal. Franco Bellucci made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henrik Nordlund in the 80th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Bari F.C.'s Ettore Toto got a free kick in the 82nd minute. Jaroslaw Kensicki made in the 86th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Alexander Tarantini. After some fancy dribbling in the 87th minute, Åke Fors managed to get in a good position for a shot. Degerfors IF's supporters rose to their feet, but Åke Fors was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Franco Bellucci breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After having played for 88 minutes, Åke Fors managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Degerfors IF's supporters crossed their fingers, but Åke Fors was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Bari F.C. getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Concetto Crispino hit a great ball. In the 93rd minute, Angelo Gabriele 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. Sebastian Sandberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Navarro Finden in the 95th minute of play. When the match was over Degerfors IF could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Bari F.C. throughout the match.