U18 World League

Fågelmara Arena
Spectators: 7944 (Terracing: 5959, Seating: 1827, VIP seats: 158) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ile Manojlovski took the kick off in the first half of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ile Manojlovski in the 3rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck John Granberg prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ile Manojlovski in the 4th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck John Granberg prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Atanas Živkov in the 5th minute of play forced Fågelmara IK's goalkeeper John Granberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 7th minute of the match Red Bull Club got a corner. Fågelmara IK's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Serafim Selmani ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Fågelmara IK's goalie and right to Angel Lazarevski. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Fågelmara IK's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. If Malte Fastesson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Robert Manevski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Krister Lundström in the 11th minute of the match. Angel Lazarevski hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. In the 15th minute Atanas Živkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but John Granberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Fågelmara IK getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Malte Fastesson hit a great ball. Stefan Mirkovič hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. After 35th play minutes Atanas Živkov shot 0-2, a short shot which went by John Granberg and just under the crossbar into goal. After 38 played minutes Red Bull Club got a freekick which was hit by Bojan Daev. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lirim Atanasovski during the 41st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 41st match minute, Red Bull Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lirim Atanasovski to maneuver through the defense. In the 44th minute Ile Manojlovski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but John Granberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Krister Lundström stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ile Manojlovski in the 51st minute of play forced Fågelmara IK's goalkeeper John Granberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Fågelmara IK booed when Red Bull Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Atanas Živkov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Robert Manevski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jan-Erik Brovall, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 57th match minute, Red Bull Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lirim Atanasovski to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bojan Daev in the 59th minute of play forced Fågelmara IK's goalkeeper John Granberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 64th minute Atanas Živkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but John Granberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nace Bardhi hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Robert Manevski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Per-Oskar Borre, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Atanas Živkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. John Granberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. John Granberg made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Ile Manojlovski sent off a good shot on target. In the 77th minute, Red Bull Club's Ile Manojlovski ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind John Granberg. John Granberg yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-3. When Stefan Mirkovič was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 80 minutes had been played. Bojan Daev kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. Red Bull Club's Robert Manevski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Malte Fastesson in the 86th minute of play. With a little luck, Fågelmara IK's John Granberg got control of the ball when Nace Bardhi tried to sneak it across the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Atanas Živkov during the 90th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 90th minute, Atanas Živkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Skender Partenijev managed to get in a good position for a shot. Red Bull Club's supporters rose to their feet, but Skender Partenijev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. John Granberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.