U18 World League

War Memorial Stadium
Spectators: 7716 (Terracing: 5788, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 154) 【粤】胜利红人馆's 孔川森 started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 3 minutes into the match, 孔川森 notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Wyoming Cowboys's Viggo Berg. Viggo Berg was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Allan Jonasson came up free with the goalie in the 5th minute, the Wyoming Cowboys 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 Allan Jonasson couldn't finish the play. 6 minutes into the match, 【粤】胜利红人馆's goalkeeper 罗森天 had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kim Ekman. Kim Ekman in the 11thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of 罗森天, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Viggo Berg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 孔川森 in the 13th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by 孔川森 in the 16th minute of play forced Wyoming Cowboys's goalkeeper Viggo Berg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Viggo Berg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 孙银亮, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Thomas Åhlberg's late challenge caught a 【粤】胜利红人馆's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Thomas Åhlberg helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Wyoming Cowboys's Thomas Åhlberg got a free kick in the 22nd minute. In the 23rd minute, Thomas Åhlberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 邵轩桦 hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Wyoming Cowboys's Edvin Jönsätt got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Thomas Åhlberg recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 42nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Valter Björnsson during the 44th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Wyoming Cowboys's Valter Björnsson got a free kick in the 44th minute. In the 45th match minute, 【粤】胜利红人馆 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 陆平迪 to maneuver through the defense. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Kim Ekman was the one to do the kick off. In the 54th minute Thomas Åhlberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 罗森天 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 罗森天 didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Thomas Åhlberg went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Kim Ekman during the 66th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thomas Åhlberg in the 75th minute of play forced 【粤】胜利红人馆's goalkeeper 罗森天 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Allan Jonasson managed to get in a good position for a shot. Wyoming Cowboys's supporters rose to their feet, but Allan Jonasson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 罗森天 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 罗森天 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thomas Åhlberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 85th minute, Kim Ekman ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. 罗森天 was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. The supporters of 【粤】胜利红人馆 booed when Wyoming Cowboys was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Algot Brodin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Wyoming Cowboys's Viggo Berg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 孙银亮 in the 89th minute of play. After 90 played minutes Wyoming Cowboys got a freekick which was hit by Bo Malmgren. In the 91st minute of the match 肖德皓 shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Viggo Berg showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as 孔川森 kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Viggo Berg. That made the score 2-2 in the 92 minute of play. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.