U23 League

Nye -vallen
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 0) A collision led to Nye getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Kim Björklund hit a great ball. Markus Albäck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tobias Skålberg in the 8th minute of play. Tobias Skålberg took the ball and in the 10 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Markus Albäck. Markus Albäck dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. 13 minutes into the game, Tobias Skålberg cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Markus Albäck was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Boris Pihlgren in the 21st minute of play forced Nye's goalkeeper Markus Albäck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Markus Albäck showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Boris Pihlgren, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Mats Ekeroth showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Philip Hedvall, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Philip Hedvall sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Markus Albäck took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Boris Pihlgren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Markus Albäck came out of the goal in the 43rd minute to try and stop a shot by Ljungbyholm's Boris Pihlgren. But to his dismay, Boris Pihlgren quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. The Nye players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Ljungbyholm were winning 0-4.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Philip Hedvall to make the kick off. Boris Pihlgren received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Markus Albäck came out and tried to block the shot, but Boris Pihlgren slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 55th minute. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Philip Hedvall put it in 1-5 from a short distance just to the right of Mats Ekeroth. When Stig Norberg fell near the penalty area in the 63rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ljungbyholm's protests and gave Stig Norberg a yellow card for diving instead. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 62nd minute of the game. One of Ljungbyholm:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Nye:s goal. After a defensive mix-up in Nye's zone, Boris Pihlgren stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Markus Albäck came out of the goal and Boris Pihlgren tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mats Ekeroth made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Per Västerstrand in the 71st minute of play. After some careless play in the Nye defense, Tobias Skålberg kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Markus Albäck. The Nye fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Markus Albäck should have stopped the shot. 84 minutes into the match, Nye's goal looked a bit too open when Tobias Skålberg came free, but Markus Albäck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Per Västerstrand fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mats Ekeroth having to interfere. If Philip Hedvall had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Per Västerstrand might have been able to make a better finish in the 92nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mats Ekeroth. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Per Västerstrand ran back to his position shaking his head. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Philip Hedvall managed to get in a good position for a shot. Nye's supporters rose to their feet, but Philip Hedvall was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mats Ekeroth breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Nye's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Elliott Möllgren 99 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-7. When the final whistle sounded Ljungbyholm left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Nye.