U23 League

Sunshine Stadium
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Sture Brogren started the match with the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Inge Salkvist during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Huaröd getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Inge Salkvist hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sture Brogren in the 8th minute of play forced Sunshine FC's goalkeeper Xu Wei Hai to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sture Brogren fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xu Wei Hai having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Stefan Strömbom in the 14th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Xu Wei Hai prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 15 played minutes Sunshine FC got a freekick which was hit by Michael Markusson. When Aleksander Smitt fell near the penalty area in the 16th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sunshine FC's protests and gave Aleksander Smitt a yellow card for diving instead. Aleksander Smitt hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. The supporters of Huaröd booed when Sunshine FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Michael Markusson didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Sture Brogren came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the Huaröd 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 Sture Brogren couldn't finish the play. Xu Wei Hai showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sture Brogren in the 34th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stefan Strömbom in the 36th minute of play forced Sunshine FC's goalkeeper Xu Wei Hai to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stefan Strömbom in the 37th minute of play forced Sunshine FC's goalkeeper Xu Wei Hai to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 38 minutes into the match, Huaröd's goal looked a bit too open when Johan Kilvik came free, but Tord Forsberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Xu Wei Hai showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Algot Brandin in the 39th minute of the match. Xu Wei Hai showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stefan Strömbom in the 43rd minute of the match. After some careless play in the Sunshine FC defense, Joar Valrot kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Xu Wei Hai. The Sunshine FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Xu Wei Hai should have stopped the shot.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Zhuang Feng to strike the kick off in the second half. Xu Wei Hai made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sture Brogren in the 60th minute of play. Sture Brogren was extremely unlucky when he, in the 62nd minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. The crowd rose to their feet as Huaröd's Stefan Strömbom slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Xu Wei Hai. That made the score 0-3 after 67 minutes of play. Karl-Magnus Håning hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. Zhuang Feng's late challenge caught a Huaröd's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zhuang Feng helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Huaröd booed when Sunshine FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zhuang Feng didn't get a good kick on the ball. Xu Wei Hai made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sture Brogren in the 76th minute of play. In the 77th minute Sture Brogren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xu Wei Hai saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 80 minutes into the game, Sture Brogren recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Xu Wei Hai. Sture Brogren showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-4. In the 84thth minute of the game Zhuang Feng who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Huaröd's Tord Forsberg was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 91st minute Sture Brogren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xu Wei Hai saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sunshine FC's Alfred Kilvik was substituted for Zhuang Feng. If Sture Brogren had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.