World League

Stora Valla
Spectators: 7515 (Terracing: 5637, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. 王适伟 started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joaquim Vilar in the 5th minute of play forced IFK Kik's goalkeeper Folke Gabrielsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nils-Erik Unesson hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joaquim Vilar in the 8th minute of play forced IFK Kik's goalkeeper Folke Gabrielsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Folke Gabrielsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joaquim Vilar in the 10th minute of the match. After taking down the ball on El Canalla de Chicago's corner Claude Mueller fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Folke Gabrielsson quite easily take care of the ball. 13 minutes into the match, Joaquim Vilar had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Folke Gabrielsson. IFK Kik's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joaquim Vilar was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 18th minute 王适伟 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wilbur Hyde saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 21st minute, Claude Mueller managed to get in a good position for a shot. El Canalla de Chicago's supporters rose to their feet, but Claude Mueller was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Folke Gabrielsson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Wilbur Hyde made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 王适伟 in the 26th minute of play. Wilbur Hyde showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Güral Revan, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. After 30 minutes IFK Kik's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Claude Mueller who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Joaquim Vilar heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. 40 minutes into the match, Joaquim Vilar notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of IFK Kik's Folke Gabrielsson. Folke Gabrielsson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 45 minutes into the match, IFK Kik's Nils-Erik Unesson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Wilbur Hyde narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, IFK Kik's Patricio Servando got a free kick in the 46th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joaquim Vilar to make the kick off. With a little luck, IFK Kik's Folke Gabrielsson got control of the ball when Joaquim Vilar tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, IFK Kik's Patricio Servando got a free kick in the 54th minute. Barney Martindale kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. When Nathan Shannon fell near the penalty area in the 58th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored El Canalla de Chicago's protests and gave Nathan Shannon a yellow card for diving instead. In the 58th match minute, El Canalla de Chicago was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nathan Shannon to maneuver through the defense. The audience held their breath when Barney Martindale in the 60th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Wilbur Hyde's left hand side. After 61 played minutes El Canalla de Chicago got a freekick which was hit by Claude Mueller. El Canalla de Chicago made a substitution. Cary Ackerman replaced Andreas Sanchez. El Canalla de Chicago made a substitution. Justin Raines replaced Hugo Hubbard. After a rather tough play, El Canalla de Chicago's Claude Mueller got a free kick in the 63rd minute. Joaquim Vilar who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 68thth minute tested the skills of Folke Gabrielsson when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 69th match minute, El Canalla de Chicago was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emmanuel Lockhart to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, El Canalla de Chicago's Emmanuel Lockhart got a free kick in the 70th minute. When 王适伟 came up free with the goalie in the 72nd minute, the IFK Kik 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 王适伟 couldn't finish the play. When Joaquim Vilar came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the El Canalla de Chicago 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 Joaquim Vilar couldn't finish the play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling 王适伟 in the 77th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Wilbur Hyde prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 88th minute of the match, Joaquim Vilar got a very nice opportunity to score, but Folke Gabrielsson was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 91st match minute, El Canalla de Chicago was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Armando Leobardo to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Joaquim Vilar managed to get in a good position for a shot. El Canalla de Chicago's supporters rose to their feet, but Joaquim Vilar was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Folke Gabrielsson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. El Canalla de Chicago's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.