U23 World League

Hallevi IP
Spectators: 7554 (Terracing: 5667, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kenneth Lange made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of Libra booed when Wargön was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sebastian Andreasson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Casper Viklund sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Casper Viklund struck a weak shot in the 9th minute. Melker Benet didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Libra. Stig Låsberg was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Bengt-Rune Törnkvist showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 12 minute of play. Stig Låsberg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Wictor Pihlberg in the 15th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Libra's zone, John Ödmann stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Stig Låsberg came out of the goal and John Ödmann tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Wictor Pihlberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Stig Låsberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stig Låsberg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kenneth Lange in the 22nd minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Wictor Pihlberg kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Stig Låsberg. That made the score 2-0 in the 23 minute of play. Stig Låsberg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kenneth Lange in the 26th minute. Andreas Back hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Bengt-Rune Törnkvist managed to get in a good position for a shot. Wargön's supporters rose to their feet, but Bengt-Rune Törnkvist was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Stig Låsberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Melker Benet made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vincent Landin in the 39th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when John Ödmann got free with Stig Låsberg in the 40th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Libra's Stig Låsberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bengt-Rune Törnkvist in the 42nd minute of play. Sven Tunström kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. If Bengt-Rune Törnkvist had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Vincent Landin made a kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Libra's Vincent Landin slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Melker Benet. That made the score 2-2 after 51 minutes of play. After some careless play in the Wargön defense, Casper Viklund kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Melker Benet. The Wargön fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Melker Benet should have stopped the shot. In the 58th minute, Bo Bo Abbas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vincent Landin had several of the Wargön's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 60 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-4 score and a disappointed Melker Benet as he didn't even see the shot coming. 63 minutes into the match, Libra's goal looked a bit too open when Wictor Pihlberg came free, but Stig Låsberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Stig Låsberg came out of the goal in the 67th minute to try and stop a shot by Wargön's Kenneth Lange. But to his dismay, Kenneth Lange quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-4. In the 70th match minute, Libra was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arne Engström to maneuver through the defense. After 72 played minutes Libra got a freekick which was hit by Adam Åberg. Stig Låsberg didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bengt-Rune Törnkvist went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-4 was the resulting score. Stig Låsberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kenneth Lange in the 86th minute of the match. Wargön walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.