U23 World League

Poljud
Spectators: 7446 (Terracing: 5586, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Fredric Rudqvist started the match with the kick off. Timur Grek had several of the Sacri FC's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 4 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 1-0 score and a disappointed Arvid Bremming as he didn't even see the shot coming. Arvid Bremming didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when FC Caspiy's Boris Nekrasov shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-0 in the ordered_time% minute. 2-1 became the score in the 16th minute when Stor Banan elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Sacri FC's Arvid Bremming played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Klim Muravev in the 19th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Sacri FC's zone, Boris Nekrasov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Arvid Bremming came out of the goal and Boris Nekrasov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 24th minute, Stor Banan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sacri FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. Elliot Kilman hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. FC Caspiy were furious when Vladimir Bogdanov was red carded, 35 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 36th match minute, FC Caspiy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vladimir Bogdanov to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in FC Caspiy's zone, Karl-Axel Olsman stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Martyn Baiseitov came out of the goal and Karl-Axel Olsman tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Martyn Baiseitov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stor Banan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Andrey Lisnyanskiy took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 43rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Arvid Bremming. Sacri FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 45th minute, Stor Banan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ingvar Kvist hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. Timur Grek received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Arvid Bremming came out and tried to block the shot, but Timur Grek slotted it home off the left post making it 3-2 in the 48th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-2 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Timur Grek made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ingvar Kvist in the 53rd minute of play forced FC Caspiy's goalkeeper Martyn Baiseitov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Stor Banan got free with Martyn Baiseitov in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ludwig Beneth hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. 59 minutes into the match, Sacri FC's goal looked a bit too open when Timur Grek came free, but Arvid Bremming reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 64th minute, Fredric Rudqvist reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Martyn Baiseitov. The goal made the score 3-3. FC Caspiy's Artem Yastrebov was substituted for Timur Grek. After 69 minutes, Elliot Kilman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sacri FC and the FC Caspiy players grew even worse after the yellow card. Sacri FC:s Arvid Bremming showed great skill when he stopped Andrey Lisnyanskiy:s penalty. Boris Nekrasov's late challenge caught a Sacri FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Boris Nekrasov helped the player get up and apologised. Sacri FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.