World League

Boundary Park
Spectators: 7538 (Terracing: 5655, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Zhao Yao Ying kicked off to start the match. 2 minutes into the match, BK Forward's Marcus Kinell sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Guo Han Di narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 9 minutes into the match, BK Forward's goalkeeper Keefe Paulsen had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zhao Yao Ying. Valter Abrahamsson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Keefe Paulsen made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Valter Abrahamsson got free with Keefe Paulsen in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Keefe Paulsen made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zhao Yao Ying in the 14th minute. The throw-in from Aleksander Lingren in the 15th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by BK Forward's Ulf Lövkvist. Keefe Paulsen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian-Federico Dolić in the 17th minute of play. Guo Han Di showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcus Kinell in the 22nd minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zhao Yao Ying got free with Keefe Paulsen in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as Zhao Yao Ying kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Keefe Paulsen. That made the score 2-0 in the 28 minute of play. Aleksander Lingren made in the 31st minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Valter Abrahamsson however managed to control. Marcus Kinell might have been able to make a better finish in the 33rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Guo Han Di. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Marcus Kinell ran back to his position shaking his head. The throw-in from Aleksander Lingren in the 36th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by BK Forward's Ulf Lövkvist. Guo Han Di showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcus Kinell in the 37th minute of the match. A collision led to BK Forward getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Ulf Lövkvist hit a great ball. In the 41st minute, Marcus Kinell 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. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The wind increased when Marcus Kinell made the kick off in the second half. BK Forward's Keefe Paulsen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian-Federico Dolić in the 51st minute of play. 52 minutes had been played when some careless play by BK Forward's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Filippo Bobbio was slow to take the kick. During this time Oldham Athletic's players had a chance to rest. Marcus Kinell fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Guo Han Di having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Martínez in the 57th minute of play forced Oldham Athletic's goalkeeper Guo Han Di to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcus Kinell could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Guo Han Di made a huge save. 62 minutes into the game, Aleksander Lingren threw the ball into play from the sideline. BK Forward's Ulf Lövkvist quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Guo Han Di made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Marcus Kinell sent off a good shot on target. BK Forward's Daniel Martínez got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 70 minutes into the match, BK Forward's Daniel Martínez sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Guo Han Di narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Daniel Martínez recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 71st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Oldham Athletic's Sune Axelsson was substituted for Cristian-Federico Dolić. When Oldham Athletic's Zhao Yao Ying in the 74th minute got a chance for a shot 74th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye BK Forward's goalie prevented a goal. Keefe Paulsen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sune Axelsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. After 77 minutes BK Forward's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Filippo Bobbio who took care of the corner kick. BK Forward's Keefe Paulsen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sune Axelsson in the 79th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhao Yao Ying in the 81st minute of play forced BK Forward's goalkeeper Keefe Paulsen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 86 minutes into the match, BK Forward's goal looked a bit too open when Sune Axelsson came free, but Keefe Paulsen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Oldham Athletic were awarded a corner in the 88th minute after BK Forward's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Filippo Bobbio took the corner. Keefe Paulsen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sune Axelsson in the 91st minute of play. In the 95th minute of the game Aleksander Lingren made a throw-in which Braulio Hodei played forward. Keefe Paulsen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zhao Yao Ying, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zhao Yao Ying in the 96th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Keefe Paulsen prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Oldham Athletic walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.