World League

Dyngpölen Arena
Spectators: 7478 (Terracing: 5610, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Michael Sigfridsson kicked off to start the match. Olov Åström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leo Beckman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Here Comes the Hammer's Stig Eskilsson quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Adam Hansson, made in the 6th minute of the game. 10 minutes into the match, Here Comes the Hammer's goal looked a bit too open when Leo Beckman came free, but Olov Åström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 15 minutes into the match, Here Comes the Hammer's goalkeeper Olov Åström had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Andreas Rydberg. Here Comes the Hammer's Olov Åström proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Here Comes the Hammer from getting a goal against them. Gusmão Dias made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zlatan Nickerson in the 20th minute of play. Olov Åström made an important save on a dangerous shot by Casper Vallengren in the 21st minute. Casper Vallengren could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Olov Åström made a huge save. Bai Yu Xiong charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bai Yu Xiong the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Buksvinens IF booed when Here Comes the Hammer was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bai Yu Xiong didn't get a good kick on the ball. Here Comes the Hammer's Olov Åström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leo Beckman in the 27th minute of play. Leo Beckman could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Olov Åström made a huge save. Gusmão Dias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zlatan Nickerson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 39 minutes, Michael Sigfridsson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Here Comes the Hammer and the Buksvinens IF players grew even worse after the yellow card. Here Comes the Hammer's Olov Åström proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to save Here Comes the Hammer from getting a goal against them. Andreas Rydberg could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Olov Åström made a huge save. Olov Åström acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 44th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Mattias Högman. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The wind increased when Leo Beckman made the kick off in the second half. Gusmão Dias came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by Here Comes the Hammer's Zlatan Nickerson. But to his dismay, Zlatan Nickerson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. After 71 minutes of play, Buksvinens IF's Mattias Högman made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Olov Åström was left in no man's land by his defense there! 77 minutes had been played when some careless play by Here Comes the Hammer's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nils-Erik Ahlerot was slow to take the kick. During this time Buksvinens IF's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Buksvinens IF's Klara Haeger to fire away a dangerous shot which Olov Åström despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Bai Yu Xiong received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Gusmão Dias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 82nd minute, Carlinhos Félix hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gusmão Dias made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when Zlatan Nickerson sent off a good shot on target. Klara Haeger recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 95th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Here Comes the Hammer's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.