U23 World League

The Dome
Spectators: 7691 (Terracing: 5769, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jim Håkansson took the kick off in the first half of the match. Robin Olsen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Sivák, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 5 minutes into the match, FC Lions Levice's goal looked a bit too open when Sven-Olof Mogren came free, but Ezequiel Seber reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gabriel Grenčík made in the 8th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by František Cangár. Robin Olsen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from František Cangár, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. A collision led to FC Lions Levice getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. František Cangár hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Tischler in the 19th minute of play forced Haymakers FC's goalkeeper Robin Olsen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Haymakers FC's Robin Olsen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wang Si Fei in the 22nd minute of play. Niclas Hermansson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Ezequiel Seber tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Robin Olsen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Tischler, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wang Si Fei in the 27th minute of play forced Haymakers FC's goalkeeper Robin Olsen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ezequiel Seber made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patric Söderqvist in the 34th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patric Söderqvist in the 35th minute of play forced FC Lions Levice's goalkeeper Ezequiel Seber to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Daniel Tischler in the 37th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Robin Olsen prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 39 minutes Haymakers FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Pavol Hospodár who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on FC Lions Levice's corner Jakub Gerbóc fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Robin Olsen quite easily take care of the ball. In the 42nd minute, Pavol Hospodár hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 43 minutes, Villiam Tidén managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Haymakers FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Villiam Tidén was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Through an outstanding action, after 46 minutes, Ezequiel Seber successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Wang Si Fei made the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Haymakers FC's Robin Olsen got control of the ball when František Cangár tried to sneak it across the goal line. Robin Olsen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Sivák, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Robin Olsen made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Tischler in the 59th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tibor Hrádek got free with Robin Olsen in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, Patric Söderqvist managed to get in a good position for a shot. Haymakers FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Patric Söderqvist was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ezequiel Seber breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. FC Lions Levice's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Pavol Hospodár in the 74th minute. In the 75th minute, Patric Söderqvist left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Haymakers FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Jim Håkansson struck a weak shot in the 83rd minute. Ezequiel Seber didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Haymakers FC. In the 89th match minute, Haymakers FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lennart Kjellbom to maneuver through the defense. Pavol Hospodár took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 90th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Robin Olsen. Haymakers FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. František Cangár who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 91stth minute tested the skills of Robin Olsen when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Ezequiel Seber showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patric Söderqvist in the 93rd minute of the match. In the 95th minute Jim Håkansson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ezequiel Seber saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Haymakers FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.