U18 World League

Lillhärdal
Spectators: 7686 (Terracing: 5765, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 153) Vangel Gevrenov made the kick off and thus started the match. After 3 minutes, Vangel Gevrenov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the VN BAKITO and the Lillhärdal BF players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to VN BAKITO getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Vangel Gevrenov hit a great ball. 6 minutes into the match, Lillhärdal BF's goal looked a bit too open when Yane Stranski came free, but Allan Palmkvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 7thth minute of the game Vangel Gevrenov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Lillhärdal BF's Allan Palmkvist was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Lazar Tushev's late challenge caught a Lillhärdal BF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lazar Tushev helped the player get up and apologised. In the 11th match minute, VN BAKITO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lazar Tushev to maneuver through the defense. Vangel Gevrenov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Allan Palmkvist having to interfere. After a rather tough play, VN BAKITO's Vangel Gevrenov got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Allan Palmkvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yane Stranski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With his leg Trayko Palikov managed to avoid a goal in the 43rdth minute, when Lillhärdal BF's Frans Vik fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Velizar Yavrichev's late challenge caught a Lillhärdal BF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Velizar Yavrichev helped the player get up and apologised. In the 44th match minute, VN BAKITO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Velizar Yavrichev to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Lillhärdal BF booed when VN BAKITO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Velizar Yavrichev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Allan Palmkvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vangel Gevrenov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

After some careless play in the Lillhärdal BF defense, Yane Stranski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Allan Palmkvist. The Lillhärdal BF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Allan Palmkvist should have stopped the shot. Per-Åke Holmgren hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Velizar Yavrichev in the 54th minute of play forced Lillhärdal BF's goalkeeper Allan Palmkvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 59 minutes into the game, Yane Stranski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Allan Palmkvist was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 63 minutes, Per-Åke Holmgren mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lillhärdal BF and the VN BAKITO players grew even worse after the yellow card. Per-Åke Holmgren kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. When Velizar Yavrichev came up free with the goalie in the 65th minute, the VN BAKITO 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 Velizar Yavrichev couldn't finish the play. Lillhärdal BF's Allan Palmkvist proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save Lillhärdal BF from getting a goal against them. Allan Palmkvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yane Stranski, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Yane Stranski got free with Allan Palmkvist in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After having played for 92 minutes, Emanuel Svanberg managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lillhärdal BF's supporters crossed their fingers, but Emanuel Svanberg was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. It seemed to be an obvious goal in the 95th minute, but Allan Palmkvist got his fingers on the ball or the save, leaving Lillhärdal BF hanging dry this time. When the final whistle sounded VN BAKITO left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Lillhärdal BF.