U18 World League

Jörlanda -vallen
Spectators: 7444 (Terracing: 5584, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Isak Abrahamsson started the match with the kick off. Tommy Sjödin hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. 5 minutes into the match, Jörlanda's Peter Helander sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Vilhelm Samuelsson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Johannes Wahlnäs fell near the penalty area in the 5th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Djura IFK's protests and gave Johannes Wahlnäs a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Jörlanda booed when Djura IFK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Johannes Wahlnäs didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 7th minute Karl Mårtensson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vilhelm Samuelsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sven-Oskar Strömberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Malcolm Sundberg in the 12th minute of play. Peter Helander kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. Djura IFK's Isak Abrahamsson got a good chance for a goal in the 14th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dan Falk in the 16th minute of play forced Djura IFK's goalkeeper Vilhelm Samuelsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Karl Mårtensson got free with Vilhelm Samuelsson in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 31 minutes, Isak Abrahamsson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Djura IFK and the Jörlanda players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Djura IFK getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Isak Abrahamsson hit a great ball. Sven-Oskar Strömberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Malcolm Sundberg in the 33rd minute of the match. After 35 played minutes Djura IFK got a freekick which was hit by Isak Abrahamsson. 38 minutes into the match, Djura IFK's goal looked a bit too open when Dan Falk came free, but Vilhelm Samuelsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Djura IFK getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Kalle Delin hit a great ball. Vilhelm Samuelsson acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 39th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Peter Helander. Tommy Sjödin hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. 43 minutes into the game, Mark Kolberg cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Vilhelm Samuelsson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Karl Mårtensson to make the kick off. Karl Mårtensson took the ball and in the 52 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vilhelm Samuelsson. Vilhelm Samuelsson dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karl Mårtensson in the 58th minute of play forced Djura IFK's goalkeeper Vilhelm Samuelsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Djura IFK's Isak Abrahamsson got a free kick in the 59th minute. Johannes Wahlnäs got his second yellow card in the match during the 60th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Johannes Wahlnäs hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Per-Åke Lundin made in the 69th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Djura IFK's Vilgot Holm. After a defensive mix-up in Jörlanda's zone, Malcolm Sundberg stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sven-Oskar Strömberg came out of the goal and Malcolm Sundberg tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 76 minutes, Karl Mårtensson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Jörlanda's supporters crossed their fingers, but Karl Mårtensson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Vilhelm Samuelsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karl Mårtensson in the 76th minute of the match. Vilhelm Samuelsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karl Mårtensson, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Malcolm Sundberg might have been able to make a better finish in the 89th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Sven-Oskar Strömberg. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Malcolm Sundberg ran back to his position shaking his head. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Jörlanda fully deserved thier win.