U18 World League

Red Bull Arena
Spectators: 7792 (Terracing: 5845, Seating: 1792, VIP seats: 155) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Oliver Rajkov kicked off to start the match. In the 5th match minute, Team Rocco was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kurt Ståhlberg to maneuver through the defense. Lurtim Ognjanovič received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Anders Bergman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Verner Jönsson fell near the penalty area in the 16th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Team Rocco's protests and gave Verner Jönsson a yellow card for diving instead. Verner Jönsson kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. Anders Bergman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oliver Rajkov in the 22nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Red Bull Club's Oliver Rajkov got a free kick in the 24th minute. With an all-out effort, Red Bull Club's Anders Bergman threw himself towards the right post 27 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Oliver Rajkov, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 29 played minutes Red Bull Club got a freekick which was hit by Žarko Kitanov. Anders Bergman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lurtim Ognjanovič, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 38th minute, Dritan Kralevski 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oliver Rajkov in the 40th minute of play forced Team Rocco's goalkeeper Anders Bergman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Oliver Rajkov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 42nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Lurtim Ognjanovič sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Kurt Ståhlberg made a kick off. With 56 minutes on the clock, Oskar Biörling commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 57th minute, Oskar Biörling hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 62 minutes into the match, Team Rocco's Kurt Ståhlberg sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ognen Zografski narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 64th minute Risto Cukovski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anders Bergman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 66th minute Lurtim Ognjanovič shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anders Bergman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Oliver Rajkov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anders Bergman having to interfere. When Lurtim Ognjanovič came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Red Bull Club 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 Lurtim Ognjanovič couldn't finish the play. Oliver Rajkov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 82nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 83 played minutes Team Rocco got a freekick which was hit by Carl Höijer. After 84 played minutes, Red Bull Club's Žarko Kitanov shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Anders Bergman came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Red Bull Club reached it. After 85 minutes, Oliver Rajkov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Red Bull Club and the Team Rocco players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Team Rocco booed when Red Bull Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Oliver Rajkov didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 87th match minute, Team Rocco was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ola Glad to maneuver through the defense. Oliver Rajkov took the ball and in the 90 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Anders Bergman. Anders Bergman dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Red Bull Club's Oliver Rajkov got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the referee ended the match the Red Bull Club players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.