U21 World League

Ninja Stadion
Spectators: 7572 (Terracing: 5680, Seating: 1741, VIP seats: 151) Karl-Johan Ekeberg hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. A collision led to Ninjas FK getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Henrik Alström hit a great ball. After 8 played minutes, Zlatan BK's Thor Månsson shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Reine Stenkvist came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Zlatan BK reached it. Lars-Erik Jakobsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Billy Pihl having to interfere. A collision led to Zlatan BK getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Edvin Markusson hit a great ball. Ninjas FK's Reine Stenkvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zlatan Run in the 16th minute of play. The supporters of Zlatan BK booed when Ninjas FK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sten Klar didn't get a good kick on the ball. 20 minutes into the match, Ninjas FK's goal looked a bit too open when Valentin Salqvist came free, but Reine Stenkvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Michael Hjelm fell near the penalty area in the 22nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Zlatan BK's protests and gave Michael Hjelm a yellow card for diving instead. In the 23rd minute, Michael Hjelm hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zlatan BK's Billy Pihl proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save Zlatan BK from getting a goal against them. Zlatan BK made a substitution. Ivar Bolander replaced Lars Örtlund. After a rather tough play, Ninjas FK's Karl-Johan Ekeberg got a free kick in the 27th minute. Reine Stenkvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valentin Salqvist in the 35th minute of the match. Urban Beckström hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zlatan Run in the 45th minute of play forced Ninjas FK's goalkeeper Reine Stenkvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Valentin Salqvist to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 58th minute of the game Thor Månsson made a throw-in which Ivar Bolander played forward. In the 59th minute Zlatan Run shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Reine Stenkvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zlatan BK's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Thor Månsson in the 61st minute. Reine Stenkvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zlatan Run, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. In the 63rd match minute, Ninjas FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lars-Erik Jakobsson to maneuver through the defense. In the 69th minute Elias Joensson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Billy Pihl saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valentin Salqvist in the 73rd minute of play forced Ninjas FK's goalkeeper Reine Stenkvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lars-Erik Jakobsson hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. The supporters of Zlatan BK booed when Ninjas FK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lars-Erik Jakobsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ninjas FK's defense didn't have a chance, in the 88th minute, when Valentin Salqvist scored to the left of an out of position Reine Stenkvist, making the score, 0-2. After 93 minutes of play Ninjas FK's Lars-Erik Jakobsson was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Lars-Erik Jakobsson hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Reine Stenkvist was out of position in the 95 minute of play, and Ivar Bolander capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ivar Bolander really showed his touch with that goal: 0-3. The Ninjas FK fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Zlatan BK were clearly better and deserved to take the win.