U23 League

Porjus Draknäste
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Malmö White Knights's Marc Skräddare started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Folke Engman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Wesley Cabral hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 11th minute, Wesley Cabral managed to get in a good position for a shot. Porjus's supporters rose to their feet, but Wesley Cabral was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eddie Gallin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Eddie Gallin was out of position in the 12 minute of play, and Fred Hjortberg capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Fred Hjortberg really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Eddie Gallin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carl Lundgren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eddie Gallin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carl Lundgren, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Porjus's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ivan Ström in the 20th minute. A nice corner shot did that Ivan Ström got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Eddie Gallin quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 23rd minute Carl Lundgren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eddie Gallin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 25th minute, Marc Skräddare left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Malmö White Knights fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. 30 minutes into the game, Markus Fors threw the ball into play from the sideline. Malmö White Knights's Herbert Östman quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. An unexpectedly hard shot by Folke Engman in the 31st minute of play forced Porjus's goalkeeper Pontus Lundin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 33 minutes, Folke Engman made it 1-2 with a short kick to the right side. Porjus's Pontus Lundin tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 36th minute, Håkan Hedman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The long shot by Ivan Ström in the 36th minute really tested Eddie Gallin's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. After 38 minutes of play, Malmö White Knights's Folke Engman made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pontus Lundin was left in no man's land by his defense there! Malmö White Knights's Eddie Gallin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to save Malmö White Knights from getting a goal against them. If Folke Engman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Wesley Cabral got free with Eddie Gallin in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

The wind increased when Wesley Cabral made the kick off in the second half. Fred Hjortberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Eddie Gallin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Porjus's Pontus Lundin got control of the ball when Folke Engman tried to sneak it across the goal line. Eddie Gallin came out of the goal in the 59th minute to try and stop a shot by Porjus's Wesley Cabral. But to his dismay, Wesley Cabral quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. Eddie Gallin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jerry Bock in the 62nd minute of play. Eddie Gallin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wesley Cabral in the 63rd minute of the match. Eddie Gallin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wesley Cabral in the 64th minute of play. In the 67th match minute, Malmö White Knights was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Håkan Hedman to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wesley Cabral in the 70th minute of play forced Malmö White Knights's goalkeeper Eddie Gallin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Folke Engman who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 71stth minute tested the skills of Pontus Lundin when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Eddie Gallin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wesley Cabral in the 75th minute of the match. Malmö White Knights's attentive Herbert Östman managed to snatch the ball when Markus Fors made a throw-in in the 76th minute of the game. Carl Lundgren sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 85 minutes of play Malmö White Knights's Håkan Hedman was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After a rather tough play, Malmö White Knights's Håkan Hedman got a free kick in the 86th minute. In the 90th match minute, Malmö White Knights was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Folke Engman to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Carl Lundgren in the 91st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eddie Gallin prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The supporters of Porjus booed when Malmö White Knights was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Folke Engman didn't get a good kick on the ball. Eddie Gallin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carl Lundgren in the 92nd minute of play. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see Porjus lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.