U23 World League

Devils Playground
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Adrian Hever got the match started through his kick off. After 2 minutes, Per-Arne Broberg mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Zero Hedge and the Family siempre players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Family siempre booed when Zero Hedge was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Per-Arne Broberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. Family siempre's Elvio Gaufred proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Family siempre from getting a goal against them. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by Family siempre's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hans Nordström was slow to take the kick. During this time Zero Hedge's players had a chance to rest. Zero Hedge's Hans Nordström was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Elvio Gaufred in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Wiktor Wallander took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Baltasar Polo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 19th minute Adrian Hever shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wiktor Wallander saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Wiktor Wallander came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by Family siempre's Adrian Hever. But to his dismay, Adrian Hever quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Elvio Gaufred showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bertil Åström in the 23rd minute of the match. After 24 minutes, Hans Nordström mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Zero Hedge and the Family siempre players grew even worse after the yellow card. 26 minutes into the match, Adrian Hever had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Wiktor Wallander. Zero Hedge's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adrian Hever was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Through an outstanding action, after 30 minutes, Elvio Gaufred successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 34th minute, one of Family siempre: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 Family siempre. Hans Nordström walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. Eulalio Ur took the ball and in the 38 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Wiktor Wallander. Wiktor Wallander dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bertil Åström in the 44th minute of play forced Family siempre's goalkeeper Elvio Gaufred to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 47th minute, Adrian Hever left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Family siempre fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. The Zero Hedge players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Family siempre were winning 0-4.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bertil Åström to make the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eulalio Ur got free with Wiktor Wallander in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 55 minutes into the match, Bertil Åström had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Elvio Gaufred. Family siempre's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bertil Åström was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. When Bo-Erik Billberg fell near the penalty area in the 58th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Zero Hedge's protests and gave Bo-Erik Billberg a yellow card for diving instead. Bo-Erik Billberg hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Bertil Åström's late challenge caught a Family siempre's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bertil Åström helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Family siempre booed when Zero Hedge was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bertil Åström didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 62nd minute, Kristian Kvick hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 79 minutes into the match, Family siempre's goal looked a bit too open when Bertil Åström came free, but Elvio Gaufred reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Zero Hedge's Alexander Johansson got a free kick in the 81st minute. 82 minutes in the game Baltasar Polo after having made a beautiful turn got a great opportunity to score and fired away a shot that went just to the left past a relieved Wiktor Wallander. A very good opportunity. Zero Hedge's Kristian Kvick quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Baltasar Polo, made in the 89th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Åke Jansson in the 95th minute of play forced Family siempre's goalkeeper Elvio Gaufred to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Åke Jansson might have been able to make a better finish in the 97th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Elvio Gaufred. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Åke Jansson ran back to his position shaking his head. Family siempre played a much better game than Zero Hedge and deserved their victory. The Zero Hedge players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.