U18 World League

Unterrudling
Spectators: 7709 (Terracing: 5783, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Benjamin Trame started the match with the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Robin Ahlgren during the 2nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Robin Ahlgren hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. After 3 played minutes, FC Unterrudling's Stephan-Andreas Richter shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Olov Rosendal 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 FC Unterrudling reached it. After a rather tough play, FC Hackspett U21's Leonard Fernström got a free kick in the 5th minute. After 7 minutes of play, FC Unterrudling's Thomas Zupancic made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Olov Rosendal was left in no man's land by his defense there! Olov Rosendal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Thomas Zupancic in the 11th minute of play. Tim Driesen didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joel Dalström went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Robin Ahlgren got his second yellow card in the match during the 18th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 19th match minute, FC Hackspett U21 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robin Ahlgren to maneuver through the defense. Olov Rosendal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manuel Kubisch in the 22nd minute of the match. 25 minutes in the game, Benjamin Trame fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Olov Rosendal having to interfere. Olov Rosendal made an important save on a dangerous shot by Benjamin Trame in the 31st minute. FC Hackspett U21's Olov Rosendal proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 36th minute of the match, managed to save FC Hackspett U21 from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as FC Unterrudling's Thomas Zupancic slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Olov Rosendal. That made the score 2-1 after 37 minutes of play. Olov Rosendal made an important save on a dangerous shot by Benjamin Trame in the 40th minute. After 43 played minutes FC Hackspett U21 got a freekick which was hit by Tor Källberg. The audience thought a goal was coming when Benjamin Trame got free with Olov Rosendal in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Joel Dalström made a kick off. In the 54th minute Bastian Selmser shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Olov Rosendal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Olov Rosendal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benjamin Trame in the 55th minute of the match. The supporters of FC Unterrudling booed when FC Hackspett U21 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tor Källberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 61st minute, Bastian Selmser ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Olov Rosendal was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Olov Rosendal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bastian Selmser, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Olov Rosendal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benjamin Trame, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Olov Rosendal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manuel Kubisch in the 71st minute of the match. 75 minutes into the game, Thomas Zupancic was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Unterrudling's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Hackspett U21 the free kick. Matthias Lundin was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 77 minutes into the match. In the 77th match minute, FC Hackspett U21 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Matthias Lundin to maneuver through the defense. Olov Rosendal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manuel Kubisch in the 81st minute of play. After 82 played minutes FC Hackspett U21 got a freekick which was hit by Henric Rosen. When the match clock showed 83 minutes, the score became 4-1 when Benjamin Trame sped through FC Hackspett U21's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Olov Rosendal. In the 94th minute, Manuel Kubisch made a precise shot to the right of Olov Rosendal. FC Hackspett U21's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-1. FC Unterrudling walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.