U18 League

Victoria Park
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Hartlepool's Allan Ahlfors 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. 3 minutes into the match, Torekov's goalkeeper Kristian Albom had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dennis Holmgren. Torekov's Kristian Albom played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Allan Ahlfors in the 4th minute of play. Sebastian Utter lost his temper 6 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Sebastian Utter hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Dennis Holmgren fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kristian Albom having to interfere. After 9 played minutes Torekov got a freekick which was hit by Ernst Strömberg. In the 13th minute Allan Ahlfors shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kristian Albom saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 17 minutes into the game, Allan Ahlfors cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Kristian Albom was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Thanks to some nice moves Åke Dalman could shoot a difficult shot in the 20th minute, which Kristian Albom however easily saved by the left post. 22 minutes into the match, Torekov's goalkeeper Kristian Albom had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Åke Dalman. The audience was convinced that Allan Ahlfors's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kristian Albom was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. Torekov's defense didn't have a chance, in the 28th minute, when Dennis Holmgren scored to the left of an out of position Kristian Albom, making the score, 2-0. In the 32nd minute, Hartlepool's Åke Dalman ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Kristian Albom. Kristian Albom yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fred Dalgren got free with Kristian Albom in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Kristian Albom didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Allan Ahlfors went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. A sloppy throw-in by Leo Boman in the 42nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Torekov's Kurt Bergendahl. Torekov's Kurt Bergendahl got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 47 minutes of play, Hartlepool's Åke Dalman made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kristian Albom was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ernst Strömberg made a kick off. Åke Dalman scored 6-0 in the 56th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kristian Albom, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 59 minutes into the match, Torekov's goal looked a bit too open when Dennis Holmgren came free, but Kristian Albom reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kristian Albom showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dennis Holmgren in the 59th minute of the match. 60 minutes into the match, Torekov's goal looked a bit too open when Dennis Holmgren came free, but Kristian Albom reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kristian Albom made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dennis Holmgren in the 62nd minute of play. After some careless play in the Torekov defense, Allan Ahlfors kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Kristian Albom. The Torekov fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Kristian Albom should have stopped the shot. After 72 minutes of play, Hartlepool's Rikard Hake made it 8-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kristian Albom was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ernst Strömberg during the 75th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 75 played minutes Torekov got a freekick which was hit by Ernst Strömberg. When Åke Dalman fell near the penalty area in the 76th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Hartlepool's protests and gave Åke Dalman a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Torekov booed when Hartlepool was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Åke Dalman didn't get a good kick on the ball. Torekov's Kristian Albom played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dennis Holmgren in the 78th minute of play. Kristian Albom took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dennis Holmgren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 82nd minute, Dennis Holmgren ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kristian Albom was frozen by the shot and now it was 9-0. Kristian Albom came out of the goal in the 91st minute to try and stop a shot by Hartlepool's Åke Dalman. But to his dismay, Åke Dalman quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 11-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dennis Holmgren in the 95th minute of play forced Torekov's goalkeeper Kristian Albom to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Hartlepool's Åke Dalman in the 98th minute got a chance for a shot 98th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Torekov's goalie prevented a goal. There was no doubt that Hartlepool were the better team. Hartlepool's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.