U21 League

Magic City
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lars Vik took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 7th minute, Joel Bergqvist fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Marcus Vennerström, passed just outside the right post. Egon Pihlwall showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Josef Hellbom in the 10th minute of the match. In the 12th match minute, Woopbongo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by You Qing Wen to maneuver through the defense. Egon Pihlwall made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lars Vik in the 16th minute of play. Egon Pihlwall came out of the goal in the 16th minute to try and stop a shot by Woopbongo's Lars Vik. But to his dismay, Lars Vik quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. 24 minutes into the match, Woopbongo's goalkeeper Marcus Vennerström had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Johannes Bergendahl. An unexpectedly hard shot by Peder Nyqvist in the 26th minute of play forced Woopbongo's goalkeeper Marcus Vennerström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 32nd minute of the match, Joel Bergqvist got a very nice opportunity to score, but Marcus Vennerström was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 34th match minute, Woopbongo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mats Gerdberg to maneuver through the defense. 39 minutes into the game, one of SJÖARED:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Lars Vik did an outstanding performance 41 minutes into the match, when he by himself got past the opposing team's defense and with a quick scored 0-2 to the right of an irritated Egon Pihlwall in the goal. In the 44th minute Josef Hellbom shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Egon Pihlwall saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Peder Nyqvist had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The wind increased when Johannes Bergendahl made the kick off in the second half. Dan Finnman made in the 52nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Woopbongo's Mats Gerdberg. Lars Vik might have been able to make a better finish in the 58th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Egon Pihlwall. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lars Vik ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 60th minute, Lars Vik reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Egon Pihlwall. The goal made the score 0-3. The crowd rose to their feet as Woopbongo's Mats Gerdberg slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Egon Pihlwall. That made the score 0-4 after 67 minutes of play. After 74 minutes of play, Woopbongo's Lars Vik made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Egon Pihlwall was left in no man's land by his defense there! Josef Hellbom received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Egon Pihlwall tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in SJÖARED's zone, Josef Hellbom stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Egon Pihlwall came out of the goal and Josef Hellbom tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Egon Pihlwall showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lars Vik in the 85th minute of the match. In the 85th minute, Lars Vik left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Woopbongo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-7. The crowd rose to their feet as Lars Vik kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Egon Pihlwall. That made the score 0-8 in the 89 minute of play. 95 minutes into the match, SJÖARED's goal looked a bit too open when Lars Vik came free, but Egon Pihlwall reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The SJÖARED fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Woopbongo were clearly better and deserved to take the win.