U23 League

Fort Knox
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when George Best kicked off to start the match. Protegéerna's Anders Malmberg got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 8 minutes into the game, Victor Petersson lined in a short shot 1-0 behind a frustrated Holger Johnsson. George Best struck a weak shot in the 12th minute. Holger Johnsson didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Virtual Aces. An unexpectedly hard shot by Denver Light in the 19th minute of play forced Protegéerna's goalkeeper Holger Johnsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Protegéerna's Holger Johnsson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Protegéerna from getting a goal against them. Virtual Aces were awarded a corner in the 24th minute after Protegéerna's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. George Best took the corner. After taking down the ball on Virtual Aces's corner George Best fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Holger Johnsson quite easily take care of the ball. In the 25th match minute, Protegéerna was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bo-Erik Springfält to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Protegéerna defense, George Best kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Holger Johnsson. The Protegéerna fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Holger Johnsson should have stopped the shot. 33 minutes had been played when some careless play by Protegéerna's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. George Best was slow to take the kick. During this time Virtual Aces's players had a chance to rest. 37 minutes into the match, Victor Petersson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Holger Johnsson. Protegéerna's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Victor Petersson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Holger Johnsson was out of position in the 43 minute of play, and Denver Light capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Denver Light really showed his touch with that goal: 6-0. Victor Petersson received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Holger Johnsson came out and tried to block the shot, but Victor Petersson slotted it home off the left post making it 7-0 in the 46th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 7-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Roy Bennet made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Denver Light had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Holger Johnsson. Protegéerna's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Denver Light was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-0. Holger Johnsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Denver Light, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 65th minute, George Best ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Holger Johnsson was frozen by the shot and now it was 9-0. Holger Johnsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Denver Light, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. In the 72nd minute, John Smed made a precise shot to the right of Holger Johnsson. Protegéerna's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 10-0. Virtual Aces made a substitution. Øystein Rullhøj replaced John Smed. Virtual Aces's Björn Wallin was substituted for George Best. 78 minutes into the match, Protegéerna's goal looked a bit too open when Björn Wallin came free, but Holger Johnsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 85thth minute of the game Sven Skark who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Virtual Aces's Joseph Danielsson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 87 minutes into the match, Denver Light had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Holger Johnsson. Protegéerna's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Denver Light was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 12-0. Denver Light received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Holger Johnsson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 95 played minutes Protegéerna got a freekick which was hit by Rikard Lindgren. After 97 minutes of play, Virtual Aces's Øystein Rullhøj made it 13-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Holger Johnsson was left in no man's land by his defense there!