World League

Real Calle Arena
Spectators: 7565 (Terracing: 5675, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Harry Boumans started the match with the kick off. Runa United's Nils-Erik Åhlberg proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save Runa United from getting a goal against them. Tim Nyberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Harry Boumans in the 11th minute of play. Tim Nyberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bo Eriksson in the 12th minute of play. 14 minutes into the match, Runa United's goal looked a bit too open when George Wennersten came free, but Nils-Erik Åhlberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Runa United's Harry Boumans got a good chance for a goal in the 15th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nils-Erik Åhlberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexander Lingren in the 21st minute of play. If Bo Eriksson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nils-Erik Åhlberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexander Lingren, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Tim Nyberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Harry Boumans in the 30th minute of the match. A collision led to Real Calle getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Leon Russel hit a great ball. Tim Nyberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ted Almstedt in the 33rd minute of play. Runa United's Nils-Erik Åhlberg proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save Runa United from getting a goal against them. Tim Nyberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ted Almstedt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nils-Erik Åhlberg made a fantastic save in the 38th minute, when Carlos Caldeira sent off a good shot on target. In the 40th minute, Matthias Lundin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Axel Sjöberg kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The supporters of Real Calle booed when Runa United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 50 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jörgen Lundström didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nils-Erik Åhlberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from George Wennersten in the 51st minute of play. Real Calle's Tim Nyberg proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save Real Calle from getting a goal against them. Nils-Erik Åhlberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Caldeira in the 60th minute of the match. Nils-Erik Åhlberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexander Lingren, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bo Eriksson got free with Tim Nyberg in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. George Wennersten's late challenge caught a Runa United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. George Wennersten helped the player get up and apologised. After 71 played minutes Real Calle got a freekick which was hit by George Wennersten. Bo Eriksson hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. Bo Eriksson's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Tim Nyberg read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 78th minute of play. Runa United's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Matthias Lundin in the 79th minute. A nice corner shot did that Matthias Lundin got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tim Nyberg quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Real Calle's defense didn't have a chance, in the 82nd minute, when Tage Deckbergh scored to the left of an out of position Tim Nyberg, making the score, 0-1. 85 minutes into the match, Runa United's goal looked a bit too open when Haroldo Lorien came free, but Nils-Erik Åhlberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 89 minutes into the match, Runa United's goal looked a bit too open when Alexander Lingren came free, but Nils-Erik Åhlberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Alexander Lingren managed to get in a good position for a shot. Real Calle's supporters rose to their feet, but Alexander Lingren was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nils-Erik Åhlberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The supporters of Runa United booed when Real Calle was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Axel Sjöberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 93 minutes, Tim Nyberg successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Tim Nyberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tage Deckbergh in the 94th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Runa United's zone, Haroldo Lorien stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nils-Erik Åhlberg came out of the goal and Haroldo Lorien tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The Runa United supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Runa United would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.