U21 World League

MAXIM
Spectators: 8147 (Terracing: 6111, Seating: 1874, VIP seats: 162) Kong Gang Feng made the kick off and thus started the match. 4 minutes into the game, Bengt-Arne Utter was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. TSIGALKO's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave West Staines Massive the free kick. A collision led to TSIGALKO getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Bengt-Arne Utter hit a great ball. In the 7th minute, Argoitz Darroja hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 8th minute, Lucas Mårtensson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Isak Björkdal was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Isak Björkdal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kong Gang Feng in the 13th minute of the match. 27 minutes into the match, TSIGALKO's goal looked a bit too open when Kong Gang Feng came free, but Isak Björkdal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sebastián Rambert got free with Theodor Adorno in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With an all-out effort, TSIGALKO's Theodor Adorno threw himself towards the right post 31 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Baldemer Feal, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. With 34 minutes on the clock, Saul Gaitano commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 33rd minute of the game. One of West Staines Massive:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of TSIGALKO:s goal. West Staines Massive:s Theodor Adorno showed great skill when he stopped Marko Karlberg:s penalty. The crowd rose to their feet as TSIGALKO's Baldemer Feal slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Theodor Adorno. That made the score 1-1 after 38 minutes of play. Isak Björkdal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucas Mårtensson, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. 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.

The wind increased when Samim Nevsal made the kick off in the second half. Kong Gang Feng fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Isak Björkdal having to interfere. Theodor Adorno made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastián Rambert in the 56th minute of play. 59 minutes into the match, TSIGALKO's goalkeeper Isak Björkdal had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kong Gang Feng. Isak Björkdal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucas Mårtensson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Theodor Adorno showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adam Dahlquist, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Isak Björkdal made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lucas Mårtensson in the 65th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mei Wei Li in the 68th minute of play forced TSIGALKO's goalkeeper Isak Björkdal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Theodor Adorno took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Baldemer Feal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 72 minutes into the match, West Staines Massive's goal looked a bit too open when Samim Nevsal came free, but Theodor Adorno reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lucas Mårtensson took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Isak Björkdal. Isak Björkdal dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. 81 minutes into the match, Lucas Mårtensson notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of TSIGALKO's Isak Björkdal. Isak Björkdal was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 85th minute, West Staines Massive's Mei Wei Li dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-4. Isak Björkdal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucas Mårtensson in the 92nd minute of play. When Lucas Mårtensson got free in front of the goal in the 92nd minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Isak Björkdal was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. TSIGALKO's Isak Björkdal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mei Wei Li in the 94th minute of play. West Staines Massive's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.