U23 World League

Paladin Hill
Spectators: 7509 (Terracing: 5632, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) Casper Viklund made the kick off and thus started the match. A collision led to Libra getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Kent Carlsson hit a great ball. When Adam Åberg fell near the penalty area in the 4th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Libra's protests and gave Adam Åberg a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Libra's Adam Åberg got a free kick in the 4th minute. Stig Låsberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bengt-Rune Törnkvist in the 7th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wictor Pihlberg in the 8th minute of play forced Libra's goalkeeper Stig Låsberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stig Låsberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kenneth Lange, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gunnar Biörkman kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. Bengt-Rune Törnkvist sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gunnar Biörkman hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. If Bengt-Rune Törnkvist had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 20 minutes into the match, Libra's goal looked a bit too open when Bengt-Rune Törnkvist came free, but Stig Låsberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bengt-Rune Törnkvist in the 20th minute of play forced Libra's goalkeeper Stig Låsberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Archibald Bergmark might have been able to make a better finish in the 22nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Stig Låsberg. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Archibald Bergmark ran back to his position shaking his head. Libra's Stig Låsberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wictor Pihlberg in the 25th minute of play. Stig Låsberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kenneth Lange, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 32nd minute, Kenneth Lange ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Stig Låsberg was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Wictor Pihlberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 40th minute, Casper Viklund reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Sven Melander. The goal made the score 1-2. 44 minutes into the match, Libra's goal looked a bit too open when Bengt-Rune Törnkvist came free, but Stig Låsberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 47 played minutes Libra got a freekick which was hit by Algot Käller. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Kenneth Lange stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Stig Låsberg was a little too slow when Bengt-Rune Törnkvist got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 52nd minute. The score was now 1-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wictor Pihlberg in the 54th minute of play forced Libra's goalkeeper Stig Låsberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 60 minutes into the match, Libra's goalkeeper Stig Låsberg had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bo Bo Abbas. In the 62nd minute of the match, John Ödmann got a very nice opportunity to score, but Stig Låsberg was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Casper Viklund took the ball and in the 64 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sven Melander. Sven Melander dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-4. Stig Låsberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andreas Back, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. With an all-out effort, Wargön's Stig Låsberg threw himself towards the right post 72 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Bengt-Rune Törnkvist, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Vincent Landin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sven Melander having to interfere. Sven Melander made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bo Sjöberg in the 74th minute of play. Stig Låsberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wictor Pihlberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. When Vincent Landin came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Libra 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 Vincent Landin couldn't finish the play. Stig Låsberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bengt-Rune Törnkvist in the 79th minute of play. Stig Låsberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kenneth Lange, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. John Ödmann could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Stig Låsberg made a huge save. Stig Låsberg made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Wictor Pihlberg sent off a good shot on target. In the 87th minute, Bengt-Rune Törnkvist left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Wargön fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-5. 91 minutes into the match, Vincent Landin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sven Melander. Wargön's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Vincent Landin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-5. Stig Låsberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bengt-Rune Törnkvist in the 95th minute of play. When the final whistle sounded Wargön left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Libra.