U21 World League

San Siro
Spectators: 7543 (Terracing: 5659, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Conny Aleberg made the kick off which started today's match. Stig-Arne Isaksson kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. Almir Diamanti fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ted Forsberg having to interfere. The Reds's Ted Forsberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Almir Diamanti in the 12th minute of play. A sloppy throw-in by Kent Ahlgren in the 16th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by The Reds's Jens-Ove Tidén. After a rather tough play, I Rossoneri's Christian Vallin got a free kick in the 19th minute. In the 21st minute Christian Vallin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ted Forsberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Oskar Kihlberg's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Richard Haraldsson read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 22nd minute of play. After 24 minutes, Conny Aleberg made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. I Rossoneri's Richard Haraldsson tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Conny Aleberg in the 30th minute of play forced I Rossoneri's goalkeeper Richard Haraldsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 32nd match minute, The Reds was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Henry Magnusson to maneuver through the defense. 35 minutes into the match, I Rossoneri's goal looked a bit too open when Viggo Carlsson came free, but Richard Haraldsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christian Vallin in the 38th minute of play forced The Reds's goalkeeper Ted Forsberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Kent Ahlgren in the 45th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by The Reds's Henry Magnusson. 50 minutes into the match, The Reds's goal looked a bit too open when Almir Diamanti came free, but Ted Forsberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Christian Vallin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 53 played minutes I Rossoneri got a freekick which was hit by Christian Vallin. When the match clock showed 63 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Viggo Carlsson sped through I Rossoneri's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Richard Haraldsson. In the 66th minute, Hans Apelqvist 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. Ragnar Stål's late challenge caught a I Rossoneri's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ragnar Stål helped the player get up and apologised. Almir Diamanti 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. Viggo Carlsson blasted a shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Richard Haraldsson having to make a save. Emanuel Mogren hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Christian Vallin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ted Forsberg was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. In the 80th match minute, The Reds was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ragnar Stål to maneuver through the defense. The throw-in from Sture Holm in the 93rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by The Reds's Jens-Ove Tidén. Oskar Kihlberg hit a great freekick 98 minutes into the match. The The Reds players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.