U18 World League

Mintis Arena
Spectators: 7490 (Terracing: 5618, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Ugnius Budnikas started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Gvidonas Jakimavičius stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Filiph Törnqvist's shot from short distance in the 6th minute. Rune Sander showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ugnius Budnikas, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. 14 minutes into the game, Bernardas Gadliauskas recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Rune Sander. Bernardas Gadliauskas showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. Rune Sander made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lukas Kulpys in the 19th minute. When the match clock showed 20 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Filiph Törnqvist sped through FK Mintis Vilnius's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Gvidonas Jakimavičius. 24 minutes into the game, Stig-Arne Classon cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Gvidonas Jakimavičius was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After having played for 26 minutes, Ugnius Budnikas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FK Mintis Vilnius's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ugnius Budnikas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Filiph Törnqvist received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Gvidonas Jakimavičius tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 33rd minute Filiph Törnqvist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gvidonas Jakimavičius saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the FK Mintis Vilnius defense, Dag Axelsson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gvidonas Jakimavičius. The FK Mintis Vilnius fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gvidonas Jakimavičius should have stopped the shot. If Filiph Törnqvist had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 42ndth minute of the game Filiph Törnqvist who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FK Mintis Vilnius's Gvidonas Jakimavičius was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 43 played minutes Mosjö Sportklubb got a freekick which was hit by Dag Axelsson. Gvidonas Jakimavičius didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dag Axelsson went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-4 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Filiph Törnqvist to make the kick off. Gvidonas Jakimavičius took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Magne Nyman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 53 played minutes FK Mintis Vilnius got a freekick which was hit by Emilis Laivys. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 59th minute of the game. One of Mosjö Sportklubb:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of FK Mintis Vilnius:s goal. Mosjö Sportklubb:s Rune Sander showed great skill when he stopped Lukas Kulpys:s penalty. Rune Sander took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Motiejus Saudargis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Mosjö Sportklubb defense, Lukas Kulpys kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rune Sander. The Mosjö Sportklubb fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rune Sander should have stopped the shot. Rune Sander took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bernardas Gadliauskas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gvidonas Jakimavičius made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dag Axelsson in the 73rd minute of play. Gvidonas Jakimavičius made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Stig-Arne Classon sent off a good shot on target. If Simon Rosendal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 81st minute Stig-Arne Classon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gvidonas Jakimavičius saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bernardas Gadliauskas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Stig-Arne Classon recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 93rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Simon Rosendal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gvidonas Jakimavičius having to interfere.