U18 World League

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Spectators: 7477 (Terracing: 5609, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) Vladimiros Pardalakis made the kick off and thus started the match. Gabriel Grubb made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hajdin Bakirtzidis in the 5th minute of play. HEJA ESLÖV's Åke Högberg quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Christos Koumis, made in the 8th minute of the game. 10 minutes into the game, MICE F.C.'s Vladimiros Pardalakis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gabriel Grubb made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 15th match minute, HEJA ESLÖV was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Björn Wallgren to maneuver through the defense. Hajdin Bakirtzidis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gabriel Grubb showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vladimiros Pardalakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Chatziioannou Theofilakis kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. When Leonard Lustig came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the HEJA ESLÖV 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 Leonard Lustig couldn't finish the play. In the 31stth minute of the game Vladimiros Pardalakis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but HEJA ESLÖV's Gabriel Grubb was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Vladimiros Pardalakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. HEJA ESLÖV's Gabriel Grubb played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vladimiros Pardalakis in the 43rd minute of play. Gabriel Grubb showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hajdin Bakirtzidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. In the 47th match minute, HEJA ESLÖV was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonard Lustig to maneuver through the defense. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

If Algot Abrahamsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. MICE F.C.'s Filippos Serametakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Algot Abrahamsson in the 61st minute of play. 63 minutes in the game Christos Koumis did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Hajdin Bakirtzidis. Chatziioannou Theofilakis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Gabriel Grubb made a huge save. In the 67th minute, Algot Abrahamsson made a precise shot to the right of Filippos Serametakis. MICE F.C.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. After 73 minutes of play, HEJA ESLÖV's Valter Pedersson made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Filippos Serametakis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gabriel Grubb stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vladimiros Pardalakis's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Algot Abrahamsson in the 79th minute of play forced MICE F.C.'s goalkeeper Filippos Serametakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 80th minute, Chatziioannou Theofilakis reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Gabriel Grubb. The goal made the score 2-2. Vladimiros Pardalakis's late challenge caught a HEJA ESLÖV's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vladimiros Pardalakis helped the player get up and apologised. Vladimiros Pardalakis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Gabriel Grubb made a huge save. Gabriel Grubb made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hajdin Bakirtzidis in the 91st minute. Leonard Lustig hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Hajdin Bakirtzidis might have been able to make a better finish in the 95th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gabriel Grubb. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Hajdin Bakirtzidis ran back to his position shaking his head. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.