U23 World League

Stade de la Mosson
Spectators: 7441 (Terracing: 5582, Seating: 1711, VIP seats: 148) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mattias Smefeldt got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mattias Smefeldt in the 4th minute of play forced F.C. SPERANTZA's goalkeeper Dmytro Mykulyak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 4 played minutes F.C. SPERANTZA got a freekick which was hit by Arkhyp Pyatov. Roger Klemensson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kyrylo Zhelikhovskyj, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Sverker Vik blasted a shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dmytro Mykulyak having to make a save. When Bogdan Sokyrka came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the F.C. SPERANTZA fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Bogdan Sokyrka couldn't finish the play. If Stanislav Tsymbal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 16th minute, Kyrylo Zhelikhovskyj 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. With 19 minutes on the clock, Vasyl Vovk commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 18th minute, one of F.C. SPERANTZA:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for F.C. SPERANTZA. After a rather tough play, F.C. SPERANTZA's Kyrylo Zhelikhovskyj got a free kick in the 25th minute. After 27 played minutes Samurai got a freekick which was hit by Roger Kalfhage. Kyrylo Zhelikhovskyj hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Dmytro Mykulyak stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mattias Smefeldt's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. Arkhyp Pyatov kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. In the 36th match minute, F.C. SPERANTZA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Svyatoslav Chayka to maneuver through the defense. In the 40th minute, Mattias Smefeldt left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Samurai fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

52 minutes into the game, Mattias Smefeldt cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Dmytro Mykulyak was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 57 played minutes Samurai got a freekick which was hit by Roger Kalfhage. Dmytro Mykulyak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mattias Smefeldt, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Dmytro Mykulyak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sverker Vik, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. In the 67th minute, Mattias Smefeldt ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dmytro Mykulyak was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. After 69 played minutes F.C. SPERANTZA got a freekick which was hit by Gennadiy Prokopovych. If Kyrylo Zhelikhovskyj had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dmytro Mykulyak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mattias Smefeldt, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. In the 89th minute of the match Olov Bäckström shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dmytro Mykulyak showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Dmytro Mykulyak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mattias Smefeldt in the 95th minute of the match. Samurai were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of F.C. SPERANTZA for a fine match.