U23 League

Snow Globe
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Lucas Backman got the match started through his kick off. Iosif Golescu's late challenge caught a Vykans Vikingar's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Iosif Golescu helped the player get up and apologised. In the 2nd match minute, North Pole Kickers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iosif Golescu to maneuver through the defense. Lucas Backman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Andreas Lindqvist having to interfere. When Valdemar Tomasson fell near the penalty area in the 8th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored North Pole Kickers's protests and gave Valdemar Tomasson a yellow card for diving instead. Valdemar Tomasson hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Backman in the 18th minute of play forced Vykans Vikingar's goalkeeper Andreas Lindqvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Lucas Backman managed to get in a good position for a shot. North Pole Kickers's supporters rose to their feet, but Lucas Backman was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Andreas Lindqvist breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The supporters of North Pole Kickers booed when Vykans Vikingar was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Henric Holm didn't get a good kick on the ball. 24 minutes into the game, Vykans Vikingar's Torbjörn Ekblom nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Egil Åkerman made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 28 minutes into the match, North Pole Kickers's goal looked a bit too open when Sten Ånger came free, but Egil Åkerman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Vykans Vikingar's Andreas Lindqvist got control of the ball when Lucas Backman tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 37th minute Sten Ånger shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Egil Åkerman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Generoso Ibañez kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. If Torbjörn Ekblom had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After the first half Vykans Vikingar were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Torbjörn Ekblom to make the kick off. 60 minutes into the match, Lucas Backman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Andreas Lindqvist. Vykans Vikingar's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lucas Backman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. 65 minutes into the match, North Pole Kickers's goal looked a bit too open when Sten Ånger came free, but Egil Åkerman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Andreas Lindqvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valdemar Tomasson in the 67th minute of the match. 69 minutes into the match, Torbjörn Ekblom had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Egil Åkerman. North Pole Kickers's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Torbjörn Ekblom was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. The audience thought a goal was coming when Torbjörn Ekblom got free with Egil Åkerman in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 74th play minute Torbjörn Ekblom came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Egil Åkerman. 1-3. North Pole Kickers's Egil Åkerman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sten Ånger in the 76th minute of play. Sten Ånger fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Egil Åkerman having to interfere. Kristoffer Engström charged in rather forcefully in the 82nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kristoffer Engström the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, North Pole Kickers's Kristoffer Engström got a free kick in the 83rd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Torbjörn Ekblom managed to get in a good position for a shot. Vykans Vikingar's supporters rose to their feet, but Torbjörn Ekblom was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Egil Åkerman breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 87th minute Generoso Ibañez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andreas Lindqvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Valdemar Tomasson got his second yellow card in the match during the 90th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After 91 played minutes North Pole Kickers got a freekick which was hit by Valdemar Tomasson. The North Pole Kickers supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Vykans Vikingar's performance. The match ended with a win for Vykans Vikingar.