World League

Magic City
Spectators: 7483 (Terracing: 5614, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Sabino Marrero started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute the ball was on its way in behind Juventus FC's goalkeeper Mansour Buffon, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 7 minutes Juventus FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tim Hellbom who took care of the corner kick. A well done corner resulted in 董云夕 drilling the ball in to score 1-0 behind Juventus FC's goalkeeper. When Anter Vidal fell near the penalty area in the 9th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Juventus FC's protests and gave Anter Vidal a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of SJÖARED booed when Juventus FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anter Vidal didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 11th minute Rolando Arenas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adrian Springfält saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Sabino Marrero had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mansour Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sture Göransson, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. After 16 minutes of play, SJÖARED's Sture Göransson made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mansour Buffon was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 20thth minute of the game Sture Göransson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Juventus FC's Mansour Buffon was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Adrian Springfält made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Macias Pantoja in the 21st minute of play. Vilhelm Lidman could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Mansour Buffon made a huge save. When Rolando Arenas fell near the penalty area in the 26th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Juventus FC's protests and gave Rolando Arenas a yellow card for diving instead. Rolando Arenas hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. When the match clock showed 30 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Sture Göransson sped through Juventus FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Mansour Buffon. The supporters of Juventus FC booed when SJÖARED was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Karl-Oskar Lundberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. 36 minutes into the match, SJÖARED's goal looked a bit too open when Rolando Arenas came free, but Adrian Springfält reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 36th minute, Macias Pantoja hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Adrian Springfält made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Macias Pantoja in the 39th minute of play. Mansour Buffon had great luck who in the 40thth minute grab hold of the ball when Sture Göransson from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Macias Pantoja in the 44th minute of play forced SJÖARED's goalkeeper Adrian Springfält to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sture Göransson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mansour Buffon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sture Göransson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Helge Gustafsson came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the SJÖARED 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 Helge Gustafsson couldn't finish the play. Sture Göransson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 58th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. SJÖARED's Ola Hansson was substituted for Tim Hellbom. Helge Gustafsson scored 4-0 in the 60th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mansour Buffon, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 63rd minute, Vilhelm Lidman made a precise shot to the right of Mansour Buffon. Juventus FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. A collision led to Juventus FC getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Berto Romero hit a great ball. SJÖARED's Isak Qvarnström was substituted for Vilhelm Lidman. SJÖARED made a substitution. Urban Rudberg replaced Sture Göransson. After a rather tough play, Juventus FC's Berto Romero got a free kick in the 69th minute. Mansour Buffon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Helge Gustafsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Macias Pantoja got free with Adrian Springfält in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Adrian Springfält showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rolando Arenas, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Adrian Springfält made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rolando Arenas in the 80th minute of play. When SJÖARED's Urban Rudberg in the 87th minute got a chance for a shot 87th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Juventus FC's goalie prevented a goal. 91 minutes into the match, Juventus FC's goal looked a bit too open when Urban Rudberg came free, but Mansour Buffon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After taking down the ball on SJÖARED's corner Roger Bålström fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Mansour Buffon quite easily take care of the ball. After 93 played minutes Roger Bålström shot from long distance. At first the shot seemed to be simple for Juventus FC's Mansour Buffon to catch but Roger Bålström was lucky. It became 6-0 after the goalkeeper had been careless and dropped the ball into goal. For all the effort they put into the match, the Juventus FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for SJÖARED.