U23 League

Rocco Stadium
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Joakim Björklund made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Team Rocco's goalkeeper Marcus Klint, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 5th play minute Joakim Björklund came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Olle Larsfält. 1-0. Nuka Crazies's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Andréas Snell 9 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-0. In the 12th minute Sten Lundin suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. 12 minutes into the game, Gabriel Glanselius was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nuka Crazies's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Team Rocco the free kick. The supporters of Team Rocco booed when Nuka Crazies was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gabriel Glanselius didn't get a good kick on the ball. Olle Larsfält didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joakim Björklund went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Team Rocco's Marcus Klint played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zlatan Ibragimbekov in the 18th minute of play. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by Team Rocco's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hugo Julin was slow to take the kick. During this time Nuka Crazies's players had a chance to rest. Andréas Snell scored 4-0 in the 21st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Olle Larsfält, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Zlatan Ibragimbekov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Marcus Klint tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 28th match minute, Nuka Crazies was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hugo Julin to maneuver through the defense. If Emil Unesson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 35th minute, Joakim Björklund left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Team Rocco fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. In the 38th minute, Joakim Björklund made a precise shot to the right of Olle Larsfält. Nuka Crazies's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-0. Emil Unesson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Olle Larsfält having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 6-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zlatan Ibragimbekov to make the kick off. During the 50th minute of the match Gabriel Glanselius completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Gabriel Glanselius a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 51st match minute, Nuka Crazies was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gabriel Glanselius to maneuver through the defense. 56 minutes into the match, Team Rocco's goalkeeper Marcus Klint had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zlatan Ibragimbekov. Marcus Klint made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zlatan Ibragimbekov in the 57th minute. Olle Larsfält made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joakim Björklund in the 59th minute of play. When Zlatan Ibragimbekov came up free with the goalie in the 60th minute, the Nuka Crazies 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 Zlatan Ibragimbekov couldn't finish the play. 66 minutes into the match, Nuka Crazies's goal looked a bit too open when Andréas Snell came free, but Olle Larsfält reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Team Rocco's Marcus Klint got control of the ball when Zlatan Ibragimbekov tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 73 minutes Team Rocco's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Hugo Julin who took care of the corner kick. When Zlatan Ibragimbekov came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the Nuka Crazies 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 Zlatan Ibragimbekov couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joakim Björklund in the 77th minute of play forced Nuka Crazies's goalkeeper Olle Larsfält to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Nuka Crazies booed when Team Rocco was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Thomas Runeberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Nuka Crazies booed when Team Rocco was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jack Andberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. Andréas Snell scored 7-0 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Olle Larsfält, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 88th minute, Jack Andberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Nuka Crazies's Patrik Öfverman got a free kick in the 89th minute. For all the effort they put into the match, the Nuka Crazies players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Team Rocco.