U23 World League

COLOSSEUM
Spectators: 7722 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) 1.FC Aufbau-Einsturz's Pipat Higuaín started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. A collision led to MAFFIAN getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Östen Vennersten hit a great ball. MAFFIAN's Aron Dahlbom played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damon Ahrens in the 9th minute of play. 1.FC Aufbau-Einsturz's Lemmy Stecher played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alex Vallin in the 11th minute of play. Aron Dahlbom made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pipat Higuaín in the 12th minute of play. 1.FC Aufbau-Einsturz were awarded a corner in the 13th minute after MAFFIAN's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Herman Olsson took the corner. The corner led 1.FC Aufbau-Einsturz's Marcus Willmann to fire away a dangerous shot which Aron Dahlbom despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Aron Dahlbom showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcus Willmann, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. 1.FC Aufbau-Einsturz's Lemmy Stecher proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save 1.FC Aufbau-Einsturz from getting a goal against them. Aron Dahlbom made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pipat Higuaín in the 23rd minute of play. Aron Dahlbom showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pipat Higuaín, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. In the 30th minute, Pipat Higuaín 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. Östen Vennersten charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Östen Vennersten the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of 1.FC Aufbau-Einsturz booed when MAFFIAN was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Östen Vennersten didn't get a good kick on the ball. 32 minutes into the match, MAFFIAN's goal looked a bit too open when Pipat Higuaín came free, but Aron Dahlbom reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 32 minutes into the match, MAFFIAN's goal looked a bit too open when Pipat Higuaín came free, but Aron Dahlbom reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 35th minute Marcus Willmann shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aron Dahlbom saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Rupert Glemser came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the 1.FC Aufbau-Einsturz 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 Rupert Glemser couldn't finish the play. Aron Dahlbom showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pipat Higuaín, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Thomas Wassberg stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute Werner Mazur shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aron Dahlbom saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 53rd minute Pipat Higuaín shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aron Dahlbom saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pipat Higuaín could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Aron Dahlbom made a huge save. Damon Ahrens hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. MAFFIAN's Hugo Nyman was substituted for Rudolf Josefsson. Hugo Nyman took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 60th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Lemmy Stecher. 1.FC Aufbau-Einsturz's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. With an all-out effort, 1.FC Aufbau-Einsturz's Aron Dahlbom threw himself towards the right post 66 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Marcus Willmann, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 66 minutes in the game, Pipat Higuaín dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. MAFFIAN made a substitution. Dennis Edström replaced George Svensson. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dennis Edström in the 74th minute of play forced 1.FC Aufbau-Einsturz's goalkeeper Lemmy Stecher to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcus Willmann scored 0-1 in the 77th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aron Dahlbom, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcus Willmann in the 79th minute of play forced MAFFIAN's goalkeeper Aron Dahlbom to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Damon Ahrens got free with Aron Dahlbom in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 84th match minute, 1.FC Aufbau-Einsturz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Janko Stich to maneuver through the defense. Alex Vallin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in 1.FC Aufbau-Einsturz's zone, Dennis Edström stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lemmy Stecher came out of the goal and Dennis Edström tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of 1.FC Aufbau-Einsturz booed when MAFFIAN was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hugo Nyman didn't get a good kick on the ball. Aron Dahlbom showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Herman Olsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Alex Vallin's late challenge caught a 1.FC Aufbau-Einsturz's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alex Vallin helped the player get up and apologised. After 93 played minutes MAFFIAN got a freekick which was hit by Alex Vallin. When the match was over 1.FC Aufbau-Einsturz could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than MAFFIAN throughout the match.