U18 World League

Lillhärdal
Spectators: 7569 (Terracing: 5678, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 151) Ilias Papanikolas made a fantastic save in the 5th minute, when Tony Ödman sent off a good shot on target. In the 5th minute, Lillhärdal BF's Tony Ödman ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ilias Papanikolas. Ilias Papanikolas yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. In the 28th minute, Tony Ödman left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lillhärdal BF fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. 34 minutes into the match, Trifillia.FC's goal looked a bit too open when Christer Rönn came free, but Ilias Papanikolas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 36th match minute, Lillhärdal BF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Per-Åke Holmgren to maneuver through the defense. 42 minutes into the game, Ntinos Kyzeridis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Trifillia.FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Lillhärdal BF the free kick. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Aris Kravaris made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Egon Olsson in the 56th minute of play forced Trifillia.FC's goalkeeper Ilias Papanikolas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ntinos Kyzeridis was shown his second yellow card after 58 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. The audience was convinced that Christer Rönn's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ilias Papanikolas was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. When Lillhärdal BF's Tony Ödman in the 65th minute got a chance for a shot 65th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Trifillia.FC's goalie prevented a goal. Christer Rönn sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Tony Ödman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ilias Papanikolas was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. After 80 minutes, Aris Kravaris mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Trifillia.FC and the Lillhärdal BF players grew even worse after the yellow card. Aris Kravaris hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Tony Ödman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 93rd minute, one of Trifillia.FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Trifillia.FC. After 97 minutes, Olof Carlberg mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lillhärdal BF and the Trifillia.FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Lillhärdal BF's Olof Carlberg got a free kick in the 97th minute. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Lillhärdal BF had played much better football throughout.