U23 World League

埼玉2002体育场
Spectators: 7486 (Terracing: 5615, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jan Grubb got the match started through his kick off. After 4 played minutes Terra Scaniae got a freekick which was hit by Frans Hedling. In the 6th minute, Jan Grubb 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. A collision led to Terra Scaniae getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Michael Heggert hit a great ball. Khodadad Khan was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from 朱凌潮. When Jan Grubb fell near the penalty area in the 9th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Terra Scaniae's protests and gave Jan Grubb a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Terra Scaniae getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Jan Grubb hit a great ball. 11 minutes into the game, Oscar Näfver cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. 方海坚 was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 19th minute, 张震泉 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 31st minute, Frans Hedling ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. 方海坚 was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. In the 37th match minute, Terra Scaniae was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Oscar Näfver to maneuver through the defense. 方海坚 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jan Grubb, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. The Terra Scaniae fans' excitement grew in the 41st match minute when Terra Scaniae's Oscar Näfver looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. A throw-in in the 45th minute of the game was made by Anders Lingren with Oscar Näfver as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell 邱城扬 to make the kick off. 朱辰风 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Khodadad Khan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 方海坚 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frans Hedling in the 52nd minute of the match. In the 57th minute, Oscar Näfver left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Terra Scaniae fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Terra Scaniae's Khodadad Khan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 邱城扬 in the 64th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Oscar Näfver managed to get in a good position for a shot. Terra Scaniae's supporters rose to their feet, but Oscar Näfver was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 方海坚 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to ≮王者归来≯日本浦和红宝石 getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. 朱伟挺 hit a great ball. In the 71st minute, Jan Grubb reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of 方海坚. The goal made the score 0-5. 朱凌潮 hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. 曹谦峰 hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. If Oscar Näfver had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 75th minute the ball was on its way in behind ≮王者归来≯日本浦和红宝石's goalkeeper 方海坚, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 76 minutes of play, Terra Scaniae's Oscar Näfver made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 方海坚 was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 83rd minute, Terra Scaniae's Oscar Näfver ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind 方海坚. 方海坚 yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-7. After a rather tough play, Terra Scaniae's Michael Heggert got a free kick in the 86th minute. Joacim Wennerqvist hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. A collision led to Terra Scaniae getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Jan Grubb hit a great ball. Terra Scaniae's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.