U18 World League

R22
Spectators: 7542 (Terracing: 5658, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Daniel Birkenhagen kicked off to start the match. Bengt-Åke Smitt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Waldemar Karanowski in the 7th minute of play. In the 9th minute of the match Socjopaci got a corner. Karen FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Waldemar Karanowski ran over to the corner to take the kick. Håkan Spetz tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Bengt-Åke Smitt. An unnecessary self made goal, 1-0 in the 10th minute. Pankracy Niezywy charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pankracy Niezywy the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Barnaba Wojtkiewicz during the 14th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Birkenhagen in the 16th minute of play forced Karen FC's goalkeeper Bengt-Åke Smitt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 19 minutes into the match, Daniel Birkenhagen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bengt-Åke Smitt. Karen FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Daniel Birkenhagen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Bernard Ciupierdo came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by Karen FC's Fred-Marc Richter. But to his dismay, Fred-Marc Richter quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. In the 32ndth minute of the game Fred-Marc Richter who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Socjopaci's Bernard Ciupierdo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Fred-Marc Richter's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bernard Ciupierdo was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. Bengt-Åke Smitt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Birkenhagen, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Aleksander Pankiewicz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bengt-Åke Smitt having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Karen FC's Teddi Bjørn got a free kick in the 44th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The wind increased when Fred-Marc Richter made the kick off in the second half. Aleksander Pankiewicz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 54th minute, Karen FC's Bengt Bergkvist dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-2. Calle Wanner sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Karen FC made a substitution. Michel Henriksson replaced Bengt-Arne Pihlberg. In the 64thth minute of the game Daniel Birkenhagen who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Karen FC's Bengt-Åke Smitt was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to Karen FC getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Mats Asklund hit a great ball. Bengt-Åke Smitt didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Daniel Birkenhagen went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. Daniel Birkenhagen recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 78th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Juliusz Burufski kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. In the 87th minute, Karen FC's Michel Henriksson seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Michel Henriksson the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Karen FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Michel Henriksson had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Bengt-Åke Smitt had in the 89thth minute some difficulties stopping Waldemar Karanowski's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. In the 89th minute, Waldemar Karanowski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bengt-Åke Smitt was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-2. Barnaba Wojtkiewicz kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Karen FC's Calle Wanner slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Bernard Ciupierdo. That made the score 4-3 after 95 minutes of play. When the referee ended the match the Socjopaci players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.