U18 World League

Rank 1 Arena gooou
Spectators: 7722 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑's 方建弘 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. Kim Ugla scored 1-0 in the 11th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of 潘斌永, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a defensive mix-up in 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑's zone, Eric Paulin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 潘斌永 came out of the goal and Eric Paulin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 19th minute of the match, Kim Ugla tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but 潘斌永 saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 22nd match minute, 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 严强桦 to maneuver through the defense. Bernt Johansson got in the 23rd a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but 潘斌永 handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. In the 25th minute Bernt Johansson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 潘斌永 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that 方建弘's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Karl-Erik Andersson was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑's 刘寒城 got a free kick in the 30th minute. Bernt Johansson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but 潘斌永 made a huge save. 刘寒城's late challenge caught a Rank 1's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 刘寒城 helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑 getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. 刘寒城 hit a great ball. In the 36th match minute, Rank 1 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bernt Johansson to maneuver through the defense. Karl-Erik Andersson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 方建弘 in the 37th minute of the match. 43 minutes into the match, 温枫磊 notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Rank 1's Karl-Erik Andersson. Karl-Erik Andersson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Kim Ugla to strike the kick off in the second half. When Conny Nordin fell near the penalty area in the 52nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Rank 1's protests and gave Conny Nordin a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Rank 1's Conny Nordin got a free kick in the 52nd minute. After 53 played minutes, 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑's 龙政霆 shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Karl-Erik Andersson came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑 reached it. Pål Svensson hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. 方建弘's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Karl-Erik Andersson read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 66th minute of play. 潘斌永 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eric Paulin in the 70th minute of play. After 70 played minutes 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑 got a freekick which was hit by 赵旭默. After a rather tough play, Rank 1's Kim Ugla got a free kick in the 77th minute. 85 minutes into the match, Rank 1's goal looked a bit too open when 龙政霆 came free, but Karl-Erik Andersson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 88th minute of the match Ingvar Hellström sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but 潘斌永 skillfully saved the ball. After 89 played minutes 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑 got a freekick which was hit by 赵旭默. 93 minutes into the match, Kim Ugla had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 潘斌永. 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kim Ugla was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2.