U18 World League

Kopparmoravallen
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) Armando Barone made the kick off and thus started the match. After 3 played minutes S.S.C. NAPOLI got a freekick which was hit by Domenico Evangelista. Edmund Wallander recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 4th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of Kopparmora BK booed when S.S.C. NAPOLI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Concetto Vianello didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 10th minute Armando Barone shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christopher Thedin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Kopparmora BK defense, Concetto Vianello kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Christopher Thedin. The Kopparmora BK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Christopher Thedin should have stopped the shot. Carter Di Nino showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Birger Adelsköld, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Edmund Wallander scored 1-1 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Carter Di Nino, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Christopher Thedin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Armando Barone in the 29th minute of the match. Ivar Fredriksson's late challenge caught a S.S.C. NAPOLI's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ivar Fredriksson helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Kopparmora BK getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Ivar Fredriksson hit a great ball. Christopher Thedin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Armando Barone went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. In the 39th minute, Frank Carlucci ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Christopher Thedin was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Birger Adelsköld in the 42nd minute of play forced S.S.C. NAPOLI's goalkeeper Carter Di Nino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 43rd match minute, Kopparmora BK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jan-Åke Hedström to maneuver through the defense. Carter Di Nino showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Birger Adelsköld, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 2-3 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Birger Adelsköld to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 56th match minute, Kopparmora BK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Axel Söderberg to maneuver through the defense. A hard shot by Armando Barone from long distance, 57 minutes into the match, got Christopher Thedin's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jan-Åke Hedström in the 60th minute of play forced S.S.C. NAPOLI's goalkeeper Carter Di Nino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Kopparmora BK getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Jan-Åke Hedström hit a great ball. Concetto Vianello blasted a shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Christopher Thedin having to make a save. S.S.C. NAPOLI were furious when Fedele Volponi was red carded, 65 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The supporters of Kopparmora BK booed when S.S.C. NAPOLI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emilio Felicetti didn't get a good kick on the ball. 76 minutes into the match, Scott Best had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Carter Di Nino. S.S.C. NAPOLI's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Scott Best was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-3. Birger Adelsköld fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carter Di Nino having to interfere. In the 81st minute, Concetto Vianello made a precise shot to the right of Christopher Thedin. Kopparmora BK's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-4. Concetto Vianello might have been able to make a better finish in the 84th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Christopher Thedin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Concetto Vianello ran back to his position shaking his head. After 85 minutes of play Kopparmora BK's Ivar Fredriksson was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Ivar Fredriksson kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. After 92 minutes of play, S.S.C. NAPOLI's Emilio Felicetti made it 4-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Christopher Thedin was left in no man's land by his defense there! S.S.C. NAPOLI's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.