World League

Toho Tokio Stadion
Spectators: 7577 (Terracing: 5683, Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 151) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Malcolm Hammarbäck got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in BK Värdsholmen's zone, Xu Liang stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. André Lindmark came out of the goal and Xu Liang tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 8 minutes into the match, Xu Liang notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of BK Värdsholmen's André Lindmark. André Lindmark was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 18 minutes, Bo-Erik Grelsson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the BK Värdsholmen and the FC Toho players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 18th minute, Bo-Erik Grelsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kristof Dülberg took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 18th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for André Lindmark. BK Värdsholmen's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Xu Liang who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 19thth minute tested the skills of André Lindmark when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Feng Lin Jies short, quick shot in the 23rdth minute got André Lindmark to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 25 minutes had been played when some careless play by BK Värdsholmen's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Kristof Dülberg was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Toho's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Nelsinho da Mata heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. The supporters of FC Toho booed when BK Värdsholmen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roy Hamberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 32ndth minute of the game Xu Liang who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but BK Värdsholmen's André Lindmark was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Feng Lin Jie scored 2-0 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of André Lindmark, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. BK Värdsholmen's André Lindmark proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save BK Värdsholmen from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Feng Lin Jie in the 41st minute of play forced BK Värdsholmen's goalkeeper André Lindmark to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. André Lindmark made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Feng Lin Jie in the 42nd minute of play. With a little luck, BK Värdsholmen's André Lindmark got control of the ball when Xu Liang tried to sneak it across the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Xu Liang to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Feng Lin Jie had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of André Lindmark. BK Värdsholmen's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Feng Lin Jie was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. André Lindmark showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Feng Lin Jie, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Bo-Erik Grelsson kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. In the 59th minute the ball was on its way in behind BK Värdsholmen's goalkeeper André Lindmark, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 62nd minute Malcolm Hammarbäck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tobias Glöden saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 65 minutes into the match, Xu Liang notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of BK Värdsholmen's André Lindmark. André Lindmark was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to BK Värdsholmen getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Roger Norberg hit a great ball. In the 73rd match minute, BK Värdsholmen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Åke Öman to maneuver through the defense. Feng Lin Jie fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without André Lindmark having to interfere. 84 minutes into the match, Feng Lin Jie notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of BK Värdsholmen's André Lindmark. André Lindmark was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, FC Toho's Feng Lin Jie got a free kick in the 87th minute. Bo-Erik Grelsson was shown his second yellow card after 89 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 90th minute, Bo-Erik Grelsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in BK Värdsholmen's zone, Xu Liang stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. André Lindmark came out of the goal and Xu Liang tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. André Lindmark took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xu Liang, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Xu Liang 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. Feng Lin Jie blasted a shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without André Lindmark having to make a save. In the 97th minute Feng Lin Jie shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but André Lindmark saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, BK Värdsholmen's Roger Norberg got a free kick in the 97th minute. In the 98th minute, Kristof Dülberg got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. FC Toho walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.