World League

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Spectators: 7294 (Terracing: 5582, Seating: 1711, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mikael Johnsson started the match with the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Åke Hellgren during the 2nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 2nd minute, Åke Hellgren hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 3rd minute, Mikael Johnsson fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Mikael Johnsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Anton Brander made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Mikael Johnsson sent off a good shot on target. 10 minutes into the match, Mikael Johnsson dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Anton Brander, 1-0. In the 15th minute, Amaranthus's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Frank Karlsson fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Anton Brander showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mikael Johnsson in the 17th minute of the match. Anton Brander showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mikael Johnsson in the 19th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as BK Badboll's Mikael Johnsson slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Anton Brander. That made the score 2-0 after 21 minutes of play. Anton Brander was out of position in the 25 minute of play, and Mikael Johnsson capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Mikael Johnsson really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. Anton Brander took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frank Karlsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Mikael Johnsson kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Anton Brander. That made the score 4-0 in the 31 minute of play. Kenneth Vestberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Reinaldo Jaen, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. The supporters of Amaranthus booed when BK Badboll was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Erik Danielsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Mikael Johnsson managed to get in a good position for a shot. BK Badboll's supporters rose to their feet, but Mikael Johnsson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Anton Brander breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. BK Badboll's Kenneth Vestberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reinaldo Jaen in the 45th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as BK Badboll's Mikael Johnsson slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Anton Brander. That made the score 5-0 after 47 minutes of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Reinaldo Jaen to make the kick off. Anton Brander made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Karlsson in the 59th minute of play. Anton Brander didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Frank Karlsson went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikael Johnsson in the 65th minute of play forced Amaranthus's goalkeeper Anton Brander to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mikael Johnsson might have been able to make a better finish in the 66th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Anton Brander. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mikael Johnsson ran back to his position shaking his head. Vilhelm Axelsson kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Anton Brander took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mikael Johnsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikael Johnsson in the 71st minute of play forced Amaranthus's goalkeeper Anton Brander to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. BK Badboll were awarded a corner in the 73th minute after Amaranthus's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Philip Lindkvist took the corner. The corner led BK Badboll's Philip Lindkvist to fire away a dangerous shot which Anton Brander despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 74th minute, Reinaldo Jaen managed to get in a good position for a shot. Amaranthus's supporters rose to their feet, but Reinaldo Jaen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kenneth Vestberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erik Danielsson in the 76th minute of play forced Amaranthus's goalkeeper Anton Brander to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anton Brander showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mikael Johnsson in the 78th minute of the match. During the 79th minute of the match Åke Hellgren completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Åke Hellgren a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. The supporters of BK Badboll booed when Amaranthus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Åke Hellgren didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Amaranthus booed when BK Badboll was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mikael Johnsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 83rd minute, Sakarias Bremming hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Anton Brander didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Frank Karlsson went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. After having played for 92 minutes, Reinaldo Jaen managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Amaranthus's supporters crossed their fingers, but Reinaldo Jaen was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Frank Karlsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anton Brander having to interfere.