U18 World League

TraLaLa
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Emanuel Nyberg kicked off to start the match. Emanuel Nyberg's late challenge caught a FC TraLaLa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Emanuel Nyberg helped the player get up and apologised. In the 2nd minute, Emanuel Nyberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 3rd minute Ioan Daraban shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karl-Ove Stålman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Mysarnas BK's Roger Karlberg got a free kick in the 4th minute. In the 7th minute, Olof Sandström left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mysarnas BK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. With a little luck, Mysarnas BK's Karl-Ove Stålman got control of the ball when Emanuel Pușcariu tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to FC TraLaLa getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Anton Macovei hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Charlie Berglund in the 17th minute of play forced FC TraLaLa's goalkeeper Sever Piţurcă to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 21st minute, FC TraLaLa's Cosmin Prislop dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. Sever Piţurcă made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mattias Lindgren in the 28th minute of play. After a rather tough play, FC TraLaLa's Nichifor Crașovan got a free kick in the 28th minute. Marcu Tărbac hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Sever Piţurcă showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kristian Hydén, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. The audience was convinced that Leontin Medrea's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Karl-Ove Stålman was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. Mattias Lindgren scored 1-2 in the 35th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sever Piţurcă, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Mysarnas BK's Karl-Ove Stålman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leontin Medrea in the 38th minute of play. 43 minutes into the match, Mysarnas BK's goal looked a bit too open when Leontin Medrea came free, but Karl-Ove Stålman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Roger Karlberg came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the Mysarnas BK 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 Roger Karlberg couldn't finish the play.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Leontin Medrea was the one to do the kick off. In the 56th minute Mattias Lindgren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sever Piţurcă saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 62nd match minute, FC TraLaLa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cosmin Prislop to maneuver through the defense. 65 minutes into the game, Cosmin Prislop cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Karl-Ove Stålman was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Mysarnas BK's Karl-Ove Stålman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emanuel Pușcariu in the 68th minute of play. FC TraLaLa's Sever Piţurcă proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save FC TraLaLa from getting a goal against them. Emanuel Nyberg's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Sever Piţurcă firmly grabbed it by the left post. After 77 minutes, Marcu Tărbac mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC TraLaLa and the Mysarnas BK players grew even worse after the yellow card. Emanuel Pușcariu took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Karl-Ove Stålman. Karl-Ove Stålman dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. When Marcu Tărbac was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 82 minutes had been played. Marcu Tărbac hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. In the 86th minute Emanuel Pușcariu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karl-Ove Stålman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 86th minute Ioan Daraban shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karl-Ove Stålman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sever Piţurcă was out of position in the 87 minute of play, and Mattias Lindgren capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Mattias Lindgren really showed his touch with that goal: 3-3. Mysarnas BK were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.