U18 World League

Batcave
Spectators: 7515 (Terracing: 5637, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ingvar Wiklund started the match with the kick off. Claes Abrahamsson hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. In the 7th match minute, Gotham City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joseph Vedholm to maneuver through the defense. André Smed struck a weak shot in the 9th minute. Yulian Yuliev didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Gotham City. With a little luck, VN Keleler's Yulian Yuliev got control of the ball when André Smed tried to sneak it across the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Desislav Halembakov during the 16th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 16th minute, Desislav Halembakov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kalin Grúncharski hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. After 21 played minutes Gotham City got a freekick which was hit by Claes Abrahamsson. VN Keleler's Yulian Yuliev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save VN Keleler from getting a goal against them. Desislav Halembakov scored 0-1 in the 26th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Thor Haström, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Gotham City's Thor Haström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kalin Grúncharski in the 30th minute of play. Yulian Yuliev came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by Gotham City's André Smed. But to his dismay, André Smed quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. When Grisha Zyumbyulev fell near the penalty area in the 38th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored VN Keleler's protests and gave Grisha Zyumbyulev a yellow card for diving instead. In the 38th minute, Grisha Zyumbyulev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 43rd minute, Violet Bakov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The VN Keleler fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Gotham City's Thor Haström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kalin Grúncharski in the 46th minute of play. After the first half VN Keleler were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Violet Bakov made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Desislav Halembakov in the 52nd minute of play forced Gotham City's goalkeeper Thor Haström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thor Haström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Desislav Halembakov, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Sören Stenquist's late challenge caught a VN Keleler's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sören Stenquist helped the player get up and apologised. Gotham City's Thor Haström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Desislav Halembakov in the 61st minute of play. After some careless play in the Gotham City defense, Violet Bakov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Thor Haström. The Gotham City fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Thor Haström should have stopped the shot. André Smed sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 80 minutes into the match, Gotham City's goalkeeper Thor Haström had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kalin Grúncharski. 84 minutes into the match, Gotham City's goal looked a bit too open when Kalin Grúncharski came free, but Thor Haström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 88 minutes into the match, Gotham City's goalkeeper Thor Haström had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Violet Bakov. Thor Haström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Desislav Halembakov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 92nd minute VN Keleler were awarded a corner. Andrey Yachkov went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on VN Keleler's corner Andrey Yachkov fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Thor Haström quite easily take care of the ball. In the 94th minute, Violet Bakov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Thor Haström was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. VN Keleler walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.