World League

Devils Playground
Spectators: 7476 (Terracing: 5608, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gottfrid Stenman made the kick off which started today's match. Yngve Bock made in the 6th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ's Léo Porto. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gottfrid Stenman in the 9th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fábio Chițan saved Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ from getting behind. The corner ended in Arman Sjögren almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ's Fábio Chițan did a great save. The audience was convinced that Raul Elazar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jens-Ola Löv was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. Jens-Ola Löv showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raul Elazar in the 17th minute of the match. In the 20th match minute, Zero Hedge was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yngve Bock to maneuver through the defense. Jens-Ola Löv made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raul Elazar in the 23rd minute of play. Jens-Ola Löv took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Raul Elazar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jens-Ola Löv showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pablo Gombal, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Jens-Ola Löv took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Raul Elazar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The throw-in from Alexandre de Lara in the 31st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Zero Hedge's Karl Lindström. Jens-Ola Löv came out of the goal in the 36th minute to try and stop a shot by Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ's Pablo Gombal. But to his dismay, Pablo Gombal quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. A collision led to Zero Hedge getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Freddie Lindholm hit a great ball. In the 44th minute, Pablo Gombal made a precise shot to the right of Jens-Ola Löv. Zero Hedge's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. After the first half Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

After 52 minutes of play, Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ's Raul Elazar made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jens-Ola Löv was left in no man's land by his defense there! 55 minutes into the match, Zero Hedge's goalkeeper Jens-Ola Löv had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Raul Elazar. Zero Hedge's Jens-Ola Löv played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pablo Gombal in the 56th minute of play. Zero Hedge's defense didn't have a chance, in the 65th minute, when Pablo Gombal scored to the left of an out of position Jens-Ola Löv, making the score, 0-4. 68 minutes into the match, Zero Hedge's goal looked a bit too open when Pablo Gombal came free, but Jens-Ola Löv reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 69th minute, Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ's Tiran Gol ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jens-Ola Löv. Jens-Ola Löv yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-5. Jens-Ola Löv was out of position in the 75 minute of play, and Pablo Gombal capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Pablo Gombal really showed his touch with that goal: 0-6. After 78 played minutes Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ got a freekick which was hit by Raul Elazar. In the 79th minute Valentin Lind shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fábio Chițan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valentin Lind in the 80th minute of play forced Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ's goalkeeper Fábio Chițan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pablo Gombal hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Jens-Ola Löv showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pablo Gombal in the 82nd minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 86 minutes, Pablo Gombal took a quick shot and it went in 0-7 without a chance for Jens-Ola Löv to make any attempt to save it. Zero Hedge's Jens-Ola Löv played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pablo Gombal in the 91st minute of play. The Zero Hedge fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ were clearly better and deserved to take the win.