U18 World League

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Spectators: 7524 (Terracing: 5644, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) Arbnor Alikaj made the kick off and thus started the match. After a rather tough play, LOS BLANCOS's Baki Zhobro got a free kick in the 5th minute. Ghost Hunters's Harald Linberg managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Risto Mancaku in the 9 minute of the game. After 13 minutes, Timmy Wester mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ghost Hunters and the LOS BLANCOS players grew even worse after the yellow card. Jashar Selamaj fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stig-Ove Lindqvist having to interfere. After 21 minutes of play, LOS BLANCOS's Arbnor Alikaj made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stig-Ove Lindqvist was left in no man's land by his defense there! 28 minutes into the game, LOS BLANCOS's Arbnor Alikaj nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Stig-Ove Lindqvist made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. After a defensive mix-up in Ghost Hunters's zone, Islam Abilaliaj stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Stig-Ove Lindqvist came out of the goal and Islam Abilaliaj tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 35th minute Arbnor Alikaj shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stig-Ove Lindqvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 38 minutes into the match, Jashar Selamaj notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Ghost Hunters's Stig-Ove Lindqvist. Stig-Ove Lindqvist was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Islam Abilaliaj took the ball and in the 42 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Stig-Ove Lindqvist. Stig-Ove Lindqvist dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. In the 46th minute Islam Abilaliaj shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stig-Ove Lindqvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Sven-Ove Thedin made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Ghost Hunters's Timmy Wester got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Arbnor Alikaj could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Stig-Ove Lindqvist made a huge save. With 54 minutes on the clock, Uno Åström commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 54th minute, one of Ghost Hunters:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Ghost Hunters. Stig-Ove Lindqvist had in the 56thth minute some difficulties stopping Risto Mancaku's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. If Jashar Selamaj had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Stig-Ove Lindqvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jashar Selamaj, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Islam Abilaliaj in the 64th minute of play forced Ghost Hunters's goalkeeper Stig-Ove Lindqvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 65th minute, Arbnor Alikaj left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The LOS BLANCOS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. 69 minutes into the match, Ghost Hunters's goal looked a bit too open when Baki Zhobro came free, but Stig-Ove Lindqvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Baki Zhobro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Arbnor Alikaj fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stig-Ove Lindqvist having to interfere. After 83 played minutes Ghost Hunters got a freekick which was hit by Niklas Ivarsson. Stig-Ove Lindqvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Baki Zhobro in the 85th minute of the match. Jashar Selamaj recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 91st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal.