U18 World League

Camp Fun
Spectators: 7591 (Terracing: 5694, Seating: 1746, VIP seats: 151) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Georg Lindman made the kick off which started today's match. Team Pogba's Freddy Friebe got a good chance for a goal in the 2nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Blåvitt's Alf Gadd played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chesney Eubank in the 3rd minute of play. A collision led to Team Pogba getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Spike Wheeler hit a great ball. Conny Björnsson charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Conny Björnsson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 10th match minute, Blåvitt was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Conny Björnsson to maneuver through the defense. In the 11th minute Freddy Friebe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alf Gadd saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Conny Björnsson was shown his second yellow card after 14 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After a rather tough play, Blåvitt's Conny Björnsson got a free kick in the 15th minute. After 19 played minutes Blåvitt got a freekick which was hit by Morgan Lundgren. Freddy Friebe sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rich Tinker in the 24th minute of play forced Blåvitt's goalkeeper Alf Gadd to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 28 minutes into the game, Team Pogba's Freddy Friebe nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Alf Gadd made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Alf Gadd made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Freddy Friebe in the 31st minute of play. In the 31st match minute, Blåvitt was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daniel Levander to maneuver through the defense. After 34 played minutes Team Pogba got a freekick which was hit by Callum Webster. Marc Hökqvist scored 1-1 in the 40th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Garry Warden, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Freddy Friebe made a kick off. Blåvitt's Alf Gadd played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rich Tinker in the 53rd minute of play. Alf Gadd didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Team Pogba's Freddy Friebe shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-3 in the ordered_time% minute. Blåvitt's Alf Gadd proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save Blåvitt from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Blåvitt's Kenny Vallgren got a free kick in the 64th minute. A collision led to Team Pogba getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Antony Rockey hit a great ball. 84 minutes into the game, Georg Lindman was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Blåvitt's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Team Pogba the free kick. After 85 played minutes Blåvitt got a freekick which was hit by Georg Lindman. After having played for 86 minutes, Freddy Friebe managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Team Pogba's supporters crossed their fingers, but Freddy Friebe was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Team Pogba walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.