U23 World League

Stelian - Ivan Arena
Spectators: 7859 (Terracing: 5895, Seating: 1808, VIP seats: 156) Karl-Michael Brask blasted a shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jan Fors having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christer Högberg in the 4th minute of play forced Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's goalkeeper Flavio Peter to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jan Fors made a fantastic save in the 11th minute, when Karl-Michael Brask sent off a good shot on target. In the 13th minute Ivar Dahlberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flavio Peter saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Flavio Peter showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivar Dahlberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. A collision led to Batalionul U23 Dorobanti getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Xerxes Doro hit a great ball. Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's Flavio Peter played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivar Dahlberg in the 19th minute of play. Jan Fors took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karl-Michael Brask, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ivar Dahlberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mădălin Geamănu charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mădălin Geamănu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 26th minute, Mădălin Geamănu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, AC Kingriver-Ljungsarp RK's Jan Fors got control of the ball when Karl-Michael Brask tried to sneak it across the goal line. AC Kingriver-Ljungsarp RK's Jan Fors played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xerxes Doro in the 36th minute of play. Jan Fors made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karl-Michael Brask in the 37th minute of play. AC Kingriver-Ljungsarp RK's Jan Fors proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save AC Kingriver-Ljungsarp RK from getting a goal against them. After having played for 42 minutes, Rareș Hănescu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rareș Hănescu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of AC Kingriver-Ljungsarp RK booed when Batalionul U23 Dorobanti was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ulisses Doro didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ivar Dahlberg stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Ivar Dahlberg got free in front of the goal in the 51st minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Flavio Peter was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Jan Fors took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karl-Michael Brask, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 58th minute Karl-Michael Brask shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jan Fors saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Flavio Peter managed to avoid a goal in the 60thth minute, when AC Kingriver-Ljungsarp RK's Tage Berglund fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 62 minutes, Filiph Rudqvist mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AC Kingriver-Ljungsarp RK and the Batalionul U23 Dorobanti players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 62nd minute of the game. One of AC Kingriver-Ljungsarp RK:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Batalionul U23 Dorobanti:s goal. Jan Fors had in the 63rdth minute some difficulties stopping Xerxes Doro's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 63 minutes into the match, Xerxes Doro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jan Fors. AC Kingriver-Ljungsarp RK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Xerxes Doro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. The supporters of AC Kingriver-Ljungsarp RK booed when Batalionul U23 Dorobanti was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tauro Doro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Xerxes Doro kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. A collision led to AC Kingriver-Ljungsarp RK getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Reine Hjortberg hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Karl-Michael Brask in the 77th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jan Fors prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A nice corner shot did that Rareș Hănescu got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jan Fors quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience was convinced that Ivar Dahlberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Flavio Peter was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. A collision led to Batalionul U23 Dorobanti getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Tauro Doro hit a great ball. In the 84th minute Karl-Michael Brask shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jan Fors saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 92 minutes into the match, Ivar Dahlberg dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Flavio Peter, 1-1. The AC Kingriver-Ljungsarp RK players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Batalionul U23 Dorobanti from taking control. The game ends in a draw.