U18 World League

Gärsnäs Stadion
Spectators: 7699 (Terracing: 5775, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Billy Brolin started the match with the kick off. Alius Zabulis kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. Elliott Nilsson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Henrikas Damkus made a huge save. In the 5thth minute of the game Agatas Lavickas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gärsnäs BF's Walter Drewitz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 8th minute, Billy Brolin got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When Harsh Gods's Agatas Lavickas in the 9th minute got a chance for a shot 9th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Gärsnäs BF's goalie prevented a goal. In the 11thth minute of the game Virgilijus Maziliauskas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gärsnäs BF's Walter Drewitz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Henrikas Damkus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Max Berg, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. The supporters of Gärsnäs BF booed when Harsh Gods was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Virgilijus Maziliauskas didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 21stth minute of the game Max Berg who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Harsh Gods's Henrikas Damkus was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Walter Drewitz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Agatas Lavickas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 27 minutes into the match, Harsh Gods's goal looked a bit too open when Max Berg came free, but Henrikas Damkus reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 34th minute, Billy Brolin got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Agatas Lavickas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Walter Drewitz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Walter Drewitz didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Harsh Gods's Dangiras Pakštys shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Agatas Lavickas to make the kick off. Dangiras Pakštys fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Walter Drewitz having to interfere. A hard shot by Ramūnas Mileška from long distance, 56 minutes into the match, got Walter Drewitz's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Agatas Lavickas blasted a shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Walter Drewitz having to make a save. Paulius Matijošaitis's late challenge caught a Gärsnäs BF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Paulius Matijošaitis helped the player get up and apologised. In the 67th match minute, Harsh Gods was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paulius Matijošaitis to maneuver through the defense. Elliott Nilsson's late challenge caught a Harsh Gods's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Elliott Nilsson helped the player get up and apologised. In the 69th minute, Elliott Nilsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With an all-out effort, Harsh Gods's Walter Drewitz threw himself towards the right post 72 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Virgilijus Maziliauskas, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Walter Drewitz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dangiras Pakštys went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Max Berg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Henrikas Damkus tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Max Berg came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the Gärsnäs BF 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 Max Berg couldn't finish the play. After 93 played minutes Harsh Gods got a freekick which was hit by Virgilijus Maziliauskas. Chants of Harsh Gods echoed around the stadium as the match drew to a close. Supporters and players were both delighted with the win, as Gärsnäs BF had held the ball for most of the match.