U18 World League

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Spectators: 7683 (Terracing: 5763, Seating: 1767, VIP seats: 153) Daustad's Christian Liknes 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. In the 3rd minute, Tobias Bjørdal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. CoolKidzTable's Bengt Bäckman got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Karl-Åke Björkdahl got free with Christian Miljeteig in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Christian Liknes took the ball and in the 7 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Folke Hellström. Folke Hellström dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Folke Hellström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lars Støylen in the 10th minute of the match. Mikael Boström kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. Tobias Bjørdal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Folke Hellström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, CoolKidzTable's Rudolf Grep got a free kick in the 13th minute. Lars Obrestad took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 14th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Folke Hellström. CoolKidzTable's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Daustad's Christian Miljeteig proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Daustad from getting a goal against them. Folke Hellström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tord Sundnes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 21st minute, Rudolf Caspersson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Andreas Martinsson kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. In the 29th minute, Christian Liknes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Folke Hellström was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Christian Liknes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Folke Hellström having to interfere. Christian Miljeteig made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andreas Martinsson in the 38th minute of play. 40 minutes into the match, Christian Liknes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Folke Hellström. CoolKidzTable's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Christian Liknes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. In the 43rd minute, Lukas Örtendal 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. After the first half Daustad were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Andreas Martinsson to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Christian Liknes dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Folke Hellström, 0-5. Sebastian Kvernmo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Christian Miljeteig took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lukas Örtendal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Staffan Hermansson took the ball and in the 60 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Christian Miljeteig. Christian Miljeteig dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-5. When CoolKidzTable's Andreas Martinsson in the 75th minute got a chance for a shot 75th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Daustad's goalie prevented a goal. 81 minutes into the match, CoolKidzTable's goal looked a bit too open when Tord Sundnes came free, but Folke Hellström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With 84 minutes on the clock, Rudolf Grep commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. When the match had been going on for 86 minutes, Daustad's Christian Liknes got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Folke Hellström. Tobias Bjørdal's late challenge caught a CoolKidzTable's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tobias Bjørdal helped the player get up and apologised. In the 90th minute, Tobias Bjørdal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Daustad getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Tobias Bjørdal hit a great ball. The audience held their breath when Bengt Bäckman in the 93rd minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Christian Miljeteig's left hand side. Sebastian Kvernmo hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. A hard shot 98 in the game by Sebastian Kvernmo from a close distance when the talented Folke Hellström managed to make a qualified save. CoolKidzTable's players were relieved. Daustad's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.