U23 World League

Polcirkel Arena
Spectators: 7705 (Terracing: 5780, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Christiano Ronaldo kicked off to start the match. Esbjörn Söder could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Václav Židek made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juraj Grenčík in the 4th minute of play forced Juoksengi's goalkeeper Roland Lindström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Kukova's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Richard Mihálek in the 8th minute. In the 9th minute Matej Ťažký shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roland Lindström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 12 minutes of play, FC Kukova's Denis Tandlich made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roland Lindström was left in no man's land by his defense there! Roland Lindström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ján Bartal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juraj Grenčík in the 19th minute of play forced Juoksengi's goalkeeper Roland Lindström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 21st match minute, Juoksengi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christiano Ronaldo to maneuver through the defense. After 22 minutes of play, FC Kukova's Matej Ťažký made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roland Lindström was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of FC Kukova booed when Juoksengi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pontus Lundgren didn't get a good kick on the ball. Roland Lindström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matej Ťažký in the 29th minute of the match. Václav Židek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martin Odén, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Martin Odén in the 37th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Václav Židek prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Roland Lindström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ján Bartal in the 41st minute of the match. 42 minutes into the match, Juoksengi's goal looked a bit too open when Ján Bartal came free, but Roland Lindström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Juoksengi's Pontus Lundgren got a free kick in the 47th minute. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Matej Ťažký to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Ján Bartal 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. Christiano Ronaldo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Christiano Ronaldo scored 1-2 in the 57th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Václav Židek, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Esbjörn Söder's late challenge caught a FC Kukova's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Esbjörn Söder helped the player get up and apologised. In the 62nd match minute, Juoksengi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Esbjörn Söder to maneuver through the defense. In the 70th minute, FC Kukova's Ján Bartal dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-3. 73 minutes into the match, Juoksengi's goal looked a bit too open when Ján Bartal came free, but Roland Lindström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Roland Lindström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ján Bartal, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. 75 minutes into the match, Juoksengi's goal looked a bit too open when Ján Bartal came free, but Roland Lindström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Roland Lindström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ján Bartal in the 79th minute of play. Václav Židek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Esbjörn Söder in the 81st minute of play. After 83 minutes, Michal Malík mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Kukova and the Juoksengi players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 82nd minute of the game. One of FC Kukova:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Juoksengi:s goal. In the 87th minute, FC Kukova's Ján Bartal ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Roland Lindström. Roland Lindström yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-4. Roland Lindström made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ján Bartal in the 92nd minute. After 94 played minutes, Juoksengi's Martin Odén shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Václav Židek 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 Juoksengi reached it.