U18 World League

Gold Raiders Arena
Spectators: 7570 (Terracing: 5679, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 151) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Johnny Broman took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Gold Raiders FC getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Hayrullah Yiğitoğlu hit a great ball. A collision led to Åhus Absolut F.C getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Johnny Broman hit a great ball. In the 7th minute, Göksel Esenboğa got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Åhus Absolut F.C's Karl-Axel Jakobsson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Åhus Absolut F.C from getting a goal against them. In the 12th match minute, Åhus Absolut F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hannes Fernkvist to maneuver through the defense. In the 15th minute Hannes Fernkvist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Selahaddin Tozun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Selahaddin Tozun didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joel Bollström went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 27th minute, Uygur Üstüner reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Karl-Axel Jakobsson. The goal made the score 1-2. Sten Skott hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Henry Harlén's late challenge caught a Gold Raiders FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Henry Harlén helped the player get up and apologised. In the 32nd minute, one of Åhus Absolut F.C: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 Åhus Absolut F.C. Selahaddin Tozun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Johnny Broman in the 38th minute of play. After 43rd play minutes Abbe Alvin shot 2-4, a short shot which went by Selahaddin Tozun and just under the crossbar into goal.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Göksel Esenboğa made a kick off. Uygur Üstüner hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. After 54 played minutes Gold Raiders FC got a freekick which was hit by Rahmi Alanson. In the 63rd match minute, Gold Raiders FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sadettin Akboy to maneuver through the defense. Åhus Absolut F.C's Karl-Axel Jakobsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Uygur Üstüner in the 68th minute of play. When Gold Raiders FC's Uygur Üstüner in the 69th minute got a chance for a shot 69th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Åhus Absolut F.C's goalie prevented a goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Åhus Absolut F.C's Joel Bollström slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Selahaddin Tozun. That made the score 2-6 after 70 minutes of play. In the 74th minute the ball was on its way in behind Åhus Absolut F.C's goalkeeper Karl-Axel Jakobsson, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Johnny Broman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Selahaddin Tozun tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Johnny Broman scored 2-7 in the 78th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Selahaddin Tozun, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Göksel Esenboğa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Karl-Axel Jakobsson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 83 minutes into the game, Oskar Vase was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Åhus Absolut F.C's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Gold Raiders FC the free kick. A collision led to Åhus Absolut F.C getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Oskar Vase hit a great ball. During the 88th minute of the match Henry Harlén completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Henry Harlén a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After a rather tough play, Åhus Absolut F.C's Henry Harlén got a free kick in the 88th minute. Karl-Axel Jakobsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sadettin Akboy in the 90th minute of play. In the 94th minute Uygur Üstüner shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karl-Axel Jakobsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Åhus Absolut F.C played a much better game than Gold Raiders FC and deserved their victory. The Gold Raiders FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.