U21 League

Ninja Stadion
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Johannes Bergendahl made the kick off which started today's match. In the 2nd match minute, Ninjas FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Olov Söderlund to maneuver through the defense. When Johannes Bergendahl came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the SJÖARED 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 Johannes Bergendahl couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Peder Nyqvist in the 6th minute of play forced Ninjas FK's goalkeeper Reine Stenkvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Reine Stenkvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peder Nyqvist in the 7th minute of play. In the 9th minute Bernt Bergren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Reine Stenkvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of SJÖARED booed when Ninjas FK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Philip Håkansson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lars-Erik Jakobsson was extremely unlucky when he, in the 14th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Egon Pihlwall came out of the goal in the 15th minute to try and stop a shot by Ninjas FK's Lars-Erik Jakobsson. But to his dismay, Lars-Erik Jakobsson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. In the 21st match minute, Ninjas FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Philip Håkansson to maneuver through the defense. Egon Pihlwall took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lars-Erik Jakobsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lars-Erik Jakobssons short, quick shot in the 27thth minute got Egon Pihlwall to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Reine Stenkvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bernt Bergren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Reine Stenkvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Johannes Bergendahl, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Reine Stenkvist stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Johannes Bergendahl's shot from short distance in the 31st minute. In the 34th minute, Peder Nyqvist made a precise shot to the right of Reine Stenkvist. Ninjas FK's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. After 41 minutes, Henrik Alström mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ninjas FK and the SJÖARED players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 41st match minute, Ninjas FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Henrik Alström to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 44 minutes, Lars-Erik Jakobsson took a quick shot and it went in 2-2 without a chance for Egon Pihlwall to make any attempt to save it. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Lars-Erik Jakobsson was the one to do the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in SJÖARED's zone, Lars-Erik Jakobsson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Egon Pihlwall came out of the goal and Lars-Erik Jakobsson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Reine Stenkvist made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bernt Bergren in the 60th minute. When Bernt Bergren fell near the penalty area in the 61st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SJÖARED's protests and gave Bernt Bergren a yellow card for diving instead. Bernt Bergren kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. 63 minutes into the match, Lars-Erik Jakobsson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Egon Pihlwall. SJÖARED's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lars-Erik Jakobsson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. Johannes Bergendahl did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-3 to the left of a surprised Reine Stenkvist 70 minutes into the match. In the 79th match minute, Ninjas FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jens-Åke Svanberg to maneuver through the defense. With his leg Reine Stenkvist managed to avoid a goal in the 93rdth minute, when SJÖARED's Bernt Bergren fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Ninjas FK succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though SJÖARED had controlled the match.