U18 World League

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Spectators: 10891 (Terracing: 8169, Seating: 2505, VIP seats: 217) Xentrias's Christoffer Öberg started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Mathias Nässén kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. Mathias Nässén got a throw-in 8 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Sebastian Tolsson. Gunnar Jakobsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 王 江志锋, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 12 minutes of play, Pajala Sunrise's 王 江志锋 made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gunnar Jakobsson was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Ingvar Lindqvist had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gunnar Jakobsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 王 江志锋, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 37th minute Ingvar Lindqvist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gunnar Jakobsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match clock showed 37 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Doug Las Casas sped through Xentrias's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Gunnar Jakobsson. Ian Nordlander made in the 40th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Pajala Sunrise's Karl-Oskar Högman. 王 江志锋 recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 41st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Gunnar Jakobsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Doug Las Casas in the 45th minute of play. The Xentrias players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Pajala Sunrise were winning 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Doug Las Casas was the one to do the kick off. Christoffer Öberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Cholachat Coolcat tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 53rd minute, Stig Larsson 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. 王 江志锋 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gunnar Jakobsson having to interfere. The audience was convinced that 王 江志锋's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gunnar Jakobsson was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. In the 59th minute, Stig Larsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 67 minutes into the match, Doug Las Casas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gunnar Jakobsson. Xentrias's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Doug Las Casas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Gunnar Jakobsson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Doug Las Casas in the 71st minute. When Jonathan Hansson fell near the penalty area in the 72nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Xentrias's protests and gave Jonathan Hansson a yellow card for diving instead. Jonathan Hansson hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Henrik Tham hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Gunnar Jakobsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 王 江志锋, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Pajala Sunrise's Roger Heggert was substituted for 王 江志锋. Aaron Kullgren's late challenge caught a Pajala Sunrise's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aaron Kullgren helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Pajala Sunrise booed when Xentrias was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aaron Kullgren didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Xentrias booed when Pajala Sunrise was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Henrik Tham didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pajala Sunrise played a much better game than Xentrias and deserved their victory. The Xentrias players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.