U23 World League

El Corralon
Spectators: 7654 (Terracing: 5744, Seating: 1760, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Einar Sävström took the kick off in the first half of the match. 5 minutes into the match, Jon Eklund had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Radu Proca. corralon AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jon Eklund was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Jim Lindkvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Einar Sävström, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Radu Proca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tim Olsmann, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. corralon AFC's Radu Proca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tim Olsmann in the 16th minute of play. 20 minutes into the game, Metalducks's Greger Skröder nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Radu Proca made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. After having played for 27 minutes, Jon Eklund managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Metalducks's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jon Eklund was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some careless play in the corralon AFC defense, Greger Skröder kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Radu Proca. The corralon AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Radu Proca should have stopped the shot. If Jon Eklund had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tomas Biörling sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jim Lindkvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Rufo in the 35th minute of the match. Radu Proca came out of the goal in the 36th minute to try and stop a shot by Metalducks's Greger Skröder. But to his dismay, Greger Skröder quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. A collision led to Metalducks getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Mathias Alströmmer hit a great ball. Jon Eklund received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Radu Proca tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jon Eklund made a kick off. Fermin Chan's late challenge caught a Metalducks's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fermin Chan helped the player get up and apologised. Fermin Chan kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. corralon AFC's Radu Proca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tim Olsmann in the 53rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Hugo Ganix's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jim Lindkvist was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. Metalducks's Jim Lindkvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Rufo in the 57th minute of play. The supporters of corralon AFC booed when Metalducks was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hjalmar Bäckström didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hugo Ganix 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 Jim Lindkvist. Metalducks's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Hugo Ganix hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. 67 minutes into the match, corralon AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Tim Olsmann came free, but Radu Proca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 68 minutes, Tomas Biörling mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Metalducks and the corralon AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 68th match minute, Metalducks was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomas Biörling to maneuver through the defense. Jim Lindkvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hugo Ganix, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Teagan Petukas kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Rufo in the 78th minute of play forced Metalducks's goalkeeper Jim Lindkvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 81 minutes into the match, Greger Skröder had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Radu Proca. corralon AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Greger Skröder was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-5. corralon AFC's Radu Proca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tim Olsmann in the 86th minute of play. With a little luck, corralon AFC's Radu Proca got control of the ball when Greger Skröder tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 92nd minute Tim Olsmann shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Radu Proca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hugo Ganix recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 95th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the final whistle sounded Metalducks left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than corralon AFC.