U21 World League

Lavender Stadium
Spectators: 7715 (Terracing: 5787, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kennet Rudqvist took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Purple Shadows getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Amado Gaztea hit a great ball. In the 7th minute, Gorom Kanø left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Purple Shadows fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. After 9 minutes, Ştefan Dobrea mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Purple Shadows and the Söderbröder players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 10th minute of the match, Jakob Alberg tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Karl-Axel Nyman saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 17th match minute, Söderbröder was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eric Petersson to maneuver through the defense. When Jakob Alberg came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the Purple Shadows 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 Jakob Alberg couldn't finish the play. Karl-Axel Nyman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jakob Alberg in the 30th minute of the match. With a little luck, Söderbröder's Karl-Axel Nyman got control of the ball when Relja Jurišić tried to sneak it across the goal line. Karl-Axel Nyman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jakob Alberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kennet Rudqvist struck a weak shot in the 47th minute. Dobromir Keep didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Söderbröder. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

In the 53rd minute, Relja Jurišić left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Purple Shadows fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. In the 56th minute the ball was on its way in behind Söderbröder's goalkeeper Karl-Axel Nyman, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Alessandro Clarkfeldt fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dobromir Keep having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Kennet Rudqvist's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dobromir Keep was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. When the match clock showed 61 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Kennet Rudqvist sped through Purple Shadows's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Dobromir Keep. After 64 played minutes Söderbröder got a freekick which was hit by Benito Guipuzkoa. 67 minutes into the match, Söderbröder's goal looked a bit too open when Tonin Zogu came free, but Karl-Axel Nyman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 68 minutes into the match, Söderbröder's Valentin Åström sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dobromir Keep narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Gláuber Bertassi kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Söderbröder made a substitution. Paulão Tasso replaced Kennet Rudqvist. An unexpectedly hard shot by Relja Jurišić in the 75th minute of play forced Söderbröder's goalkeeper Karl-Axel Nyman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Karl-Axel Nyman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Relja Jurišić, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Karl-Axel Nyman didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Relja Jurišić went, in the 87th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Gorom Kanø managed to get in a good position for a shot. Purple Shadows's supporters rose to their feet, but Gorom Kanø was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Karl-Axel Nyman breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The referee felt a red card was in order, 91 minutes into the game, when Gláuber Bertassi put in a rough tackle. A collision led to Söderbröder getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Gláuber Bertassi hit a great ball. Purple Shadows's Dobromir Keep proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save Purple Shadows from getting a goal against them. There was no doubt that Purple Shadows were the better team. Purple Shadows's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.