World League

Empatedomedro
Spectators: 7520 (Terracing: 5641, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) FC Kurdish Warriors's Sven-Arne Gustafsson started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After some fancy dribbling in the 3rd minute, Nickolai Skivild managed to get in a good position for a shot. Deportivo Empate's supporters rose to their feet, but Nickolai Skivild was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Wictor Hagström breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 12th match minute, Deportivo Empate was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Janich Chayawi to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Deportivo Empate's Beniamin Bendyk got a free kick in the 18th minute. Deportivo Empate's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Justo Mano in the 24th minute. If Ingmar Wiman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 28th minute Isac Christoffersson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kristoffer Martinsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ingmar Wiman who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 30thth minute tested the skills of Wictor Hagström when he managed to save the team from getting behind. With a little luck, FC Kurdish Warriors's Wictor Hagström got control of the ball when Nickolai Skivild tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Ingmar Wiman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Nickolai Skivild managed to get in a good position for a shot. Deportivo Empate's supporters rose to their feet, but Nickolai Skivild was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Wictor Hagström breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Wictor Hagström stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ingmar Wiman's shot from short distance in the 41st minute. Kristoffer Martinsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timmy Hasselqvist in the 46th minute of the match. Ingmar Wiman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Wictor Hagström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ingmar Wiman stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Niclas Hjälm's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Kristoffer Martinsson firmly grabbed it by the left post. During the 55th minute of the match Niclas Hjälm completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Niclas Hjälm a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Niclas Hjälm hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Wictor Hagström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nickolai Skivild in the 58th minute of the match. The supporters of FC Kurdish Warriors booed when Deportivo Empate was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Beniamin Bendyk didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sven-Arne Gustafsson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Kristoffer Martinsson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 69 minutes of play, Deportivo Empate's Nickolai Skivild made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Wictor Hagström was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 72 played minutes Deportivo Empate got a freekick which was hit by Beniamin Bendyk. Alfred Eklund's late challenge caught a Deportivo Empate's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alfred Eklund helped the player get up and apologised. Deportivo Empate's Justo Mano couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 76th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for FC Kurdish Warriors. Timmy Hasselqvist kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. In the 78th minute, Nickolai Skivild 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. In the 88th minute Sven-Arne Gustafsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kristoffer Martinsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Wictor Hagström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nickolai Skivild, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sven-Arne Gustafsson charged in rather forcefully in the 97th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sven-Arne Gustafsson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Deportivo Empate booed when FC Kurdish Warriors was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 97 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sven-Arne Gustafsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Deportivo Empate had played much better football throughout.