U21 League

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Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Chrisostomos Grimsø took the kick off in the first half of the match. Rune Odeen's late challenge caught a Karen FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rune Odeen helped the player get up and apologised. When the match had been going on for 4 minutes, Karen FC's Chrisostomos Grimsø got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Kevin Allbom. In the 11th match minute, Blackjacks was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gert Kaxe to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Karen FC booed when Blackjacks was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ivar Högman didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Björn Söderström fell near the penalty area in the 19th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Karen FC's protests and gave Björn Söderström a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Karen FC getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Björn Söderström hit a great ball. In the 21st minute, Kjell-Arne Bark hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kevin Allbom was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Chrisostomos Grimsø showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 25 minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, Blackjacks's goal looked a bit too open when Linus Brovall came free, but Kevin Allbom reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 30 minutes into the match, Blackjacks's goalkeeper Kevin Allbom had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sven-Olof Dahlberg. Sven-Olof Dahlberg's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Kevin Allbom firmly grabbed it by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chrisostomos Grimsø in the 33rd minute of play forced Blackjacks's goalkeeper Kevin Allbom to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sven-Olof Dahlberg got free with Kevin Allbom in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as Sven-Olof Dahlberg kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Kevin Allbom. That made the score 4-0 in the 39 minute of play. Kevin Allbom was a little too slow when Chrisostomos Grimsø got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 43rd minute. The score was now 5-0. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ivar Högman to make the kick off. Andréas Fransson hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Kevin Allbom took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chrisostomos Grimsø, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kevin Allbom showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chrisostomos Grimsø, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sven-Olof Dahlberg in the 59th minute of play forced Blackjacks's goalkeeper Kevin Allbom to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 62nd match minute, Blackjacks was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sigvard Göransson to maneuver through the defense. Karen FC's Ma Yong Jun proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save Karen FC from getting a goal against them. Kjell-Arne Bark charged in rather forcefully in the 66th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kjell-Arne Bark the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 66th match minute, Blackjacks was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kjell-Arne Bark to maneuver through the defense. Kevin Allbom showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sven-Olof Dahlberg in the 67th minute of the match. In the 71st minute of the match Chrisostomos Grimsø sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Kevin Allbom skillfully saved the ball. Kevin Allbom made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chrisostomos Grimsø in the 74th minute of play. After 82 minutes of play, Karen FC's Chrisostomos Grimsø made it 8-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kevin Allbom was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 86th minute Sven-Olof Dahlberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kevin Allbom saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kevin Allbom made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sven-Olof Dahlberg in the 91st minute of play. Bror Ahlfors might have been able to make a better finish in the 95th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Kevin Allbom. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bror Ahlfors ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 96th minute, Rune Odeen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Karen FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.