U18 World League

Freedom Arena
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Leonard Söderström took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 3 minutes, Valter Wallander mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Freedom 2024 and the Öllsjö FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Freedom 2024's Valter Wallander got a free kick in the 3rd minute. The supporters of Öllsjö FC booed when Freedom 2024 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Olov Rosendahl didn't get a good kick on the ball. Wictor Kjellbom took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonard Söderström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Wictor Kjellbom made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonard Söderström in the 12th minute of play. 15 minutes into the match, Freedom 2024's goal looked a bit too open when Arne Olofsson came free, but Måns Offendahl reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Måns Offendahl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arne Olofsson in the 17th minute of the match. In the 21st minute, Leif Hedvall made a precise shot to the right of Måns Offendahl. Freedom 2024's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Måns Offendahl took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arne Olofsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sverker Åberg blasted a shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Måns Offendahl having to make a save. The supporters of Freedom 2024 booed when Öllsjö FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sverker Åberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arne Olofsson took the ball and in the 36 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Måns Offendahl. Måns Offendahl dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. In the 40th minute Arne Olofsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Måns Offendahl saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Öllsjö FC getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Alvar Lindholm hit a great ball. After the first half Öllsjö FC were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Arne Olofsson made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute of the game Otto Jonasson made a throw-in which Jonas Lindberg played forward. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arne Olofsson in the 59th minute of play forced Freedom 2024's goalkeeper Måns Offendahl to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Sverker Åberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 63 minutes into the match, Freedom 2024's goal looked a bit too open when Sverker Åberg came free, but Måns Offendahl reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Öllsjö FC getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Alvar Lindholm hit a great ball. Herbert Ekegren's late challenge caught a Freedom 2024's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Herbert Ekegren helped the player get up and apologised. In a very dangerous position, a player in Öllsjö FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 66th minute. Penalty! In the 69th minute there was a penalty for Freedom 2024. Kevin Kielstedt stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Wictor Kjellbom. 1-2. If Arne Olofsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Otto Jonasson's late challenge caught a Öllsjö FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Otto Jonasson helped the player get up and apologised. In the 73rd minute, Otto Jonasson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Måns Offendahl took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sverker Åberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Sverker Åberg came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Öllsjö FC 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 Sverker Åberg couldn't finish the play. Wictor Kjellbom stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Leonard Söderström's shot from short distance in the 87th minute. Arne Olofsson did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-3 to the left of a surprised Måns Offendahl 89 minutes into the match. Måns Offendahl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arne Olofsson in the 93rd minute of the match. Måns Offendahl made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arne Olofsson in the 94th minute of play. Thanks to some nice moves Örjan Bryngelsson could shoot a difficult shot in the 95th minute, which Måns Offendahl however easily saved by the left post. 97 minutes into the match, Öllsjö FC's goal looked a bit too open when Fredric Bokelund came free, but Wictor Kjellbom reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.