U23 World League

Tapa Linnastaadion
Spectators: 7793 (Terracing: 5846, Seating: 1792, VIP seats: 155) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Wiktor Anselius kicked off to start the match. The supporters of BK Ugglan booed when Tapa Athlétic™ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leopold Mineja didn't get a good kick on the ball. 8 minutes into the game, Jakob Alstedt was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. BK Ugglan's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tapa Athlétic™ the free kick. After 7 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for BK Ugglan! BK Ugglan:s Patrik Fagrell showed great skill when he stopped Alo Remme:s penalty. After 9 minutes of play, Tapa Athlétic™'s Alo Remme made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Patrik Fagrell was left in no man's land by his defense there! Tapa Athlétic™'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Alo Remme in the 20th minute. Tapa Athlétic™'s Alo Remme was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Patrik Fagrell in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jim Kråk in the 21st minute of play forced Tapa Athlétic™'s goalkeeper Ailar Heinväli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 27th match minute, BK Ugglan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adam Christoffersson to maneuver through the defense. Patrik Fagrell showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alo Remme in the 28th minute of the match. In the 32nd minute, Kris Maasikas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eedi Viksi hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. BK Ugglan's Patrik Fagrell played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roland Muusik in the 39th minute of play. In the 45th minute, Alo Remme 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. Emil Nordlander hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Paulino Oyarzún made the kick off in the second half. 50 minutes into the match, Tapa Athlétic™'s Paulino Oyarzún sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Patrik Fagrell narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 53 minutes into the game, Paulino Oyarzún cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Patrik Fagrell was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 57th minute Paulino Oyarzún shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patrik Fagrell saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Tapa Athlétic™ getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Eedi Viksi hit a great ball. When Arvin Stålman came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the BK Ugglan 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 Arvin Stålman couldn't finish the play. In the 68thth minute of the game Paulino Oyarzún who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but BK Ugglan's Patrik Fagrell was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Tapa Athlétic™ were awarded a corner in the 69th minute after BK Ugglan's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Alo Remme took the corner. After taking down the ball on Tapa Athlétic™'s corner Alo Remme fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Patrik Fagrell quite easily take care of the ball. A collision led to Tapa Athlétic™ getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Jaanus Inno hit a great ball. BK Ugglan's Patrik Fagrell played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roland Muusik in the 74th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulino Oyarzún in the 78th minute of play forced BK Ugglan's goalkeeper Patrik Fagrell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eedi Viksi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Patrik Fagrell tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ailar Heinväli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jim Kråk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 92 minutes into the match, BK Ugglan's goal looked a bit too open when Paulino Oyarzún came free, but Patrik Fagrell reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. BK Ugglan's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.