U23 World League

EL NATIONAL
Spectators: 7492 (Terracing: 5620, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Folke Hellström was out of position in the 3 minute of play, and Issa Bado capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Issa Bado really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. In the 7th minute, Issa Bado made a precise shot to the right of Folke Hellström. CoolKidzTable's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. If Andreas Martinsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Issa Bado came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the FC Ouagadougou National 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 Issa Bado couldn't finish the play. When the match clock showed 15 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Issa Bado sped through CoolKidzTable's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Folke Hellström. Daniel Skark's late challenge caught a FC Ouagadougou National's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Daniel Skark helped the player get up and apologised. In the 19th match minute, CoolKidzTable was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daniel Skark to maneuver through the defense. In the 21st minute, Issa Bado left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Ouagadougou National fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. Jeremie Sterkx hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Folke Hellström made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Issa Bado sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Octavian Smidts in the 33rd minute of play forced CoolKidzTable's goalkeeper Folke Hellström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 48 played minutes Issa Bado rounded CoolKidzTable's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 5-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-0.

After having played for 56 minutes, Issa Bado managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Ouagadougou National's supporters crossed their fingers, but Issa Bado was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 59th minute Octavian Smidts shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Folke Hellström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, FC Ouagadougou National's Ben Jaddon got control of the ball when Karl-Åke Björkdahl tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, FC Ouagadougou National's Jeremie Sterkx got a free kick in the 65th minute. Karl-Åke Björkdahl fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ben Jaddon having to interfere. In the 80th minute, CoolKidzTable's Daniel Skark seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Daniel Skark the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of CoolKidzTable protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Daniel Skark had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 80th minute, one of CoolKidzTable:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for CoolKidzTable. Staffan Hermansson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Issa Bado kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. After 99 minutes, Abdoulay Ali mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Ouagadougou National and the CoolKidzTable players grew even worse after the yellow card. FC Ouagadougou National were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of CoolKidzTable for a fine match.