U21 World League

Råsundas Minne
Spectators: 8075 (Terracing: 6058, Seating: 1857, VIP seats: 160) After 5 minutes, Arne Lind mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bahrtys Talanger and the The Underdogs players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 5th match minute, Bahrtys Talanger was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arne Lind to maneuver through the defense. Izaak Achterberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Gert Blomqvist tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gert Blomqvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Izaak Achterberg in the 11th minute of play. Bahrtys Talanger's Arne Lind got his second yellow card of the match in the 11th minute. The referee ordered Arne Lind off the ground. A collision led to Bahrtys Talanger getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Arne Lind hit a great ball. The Underdogs's Denny Polak was substituted for Teo Reintjes. After a rather tough play, Bahrtys Talanger's Arne Lind got a free kick in the 13th minute. In the 15th minute, Henk-Jan Zeldenrust hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 19th minute Gerard van den Eede shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gert Blomqvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jean-Paul Daalmeyer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nils-Erik Vik, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. 20 minutes into the match, The Underdogs's goal looked a bit too open when Nils-Erik Vik came free, but Jean-Paul Daalmeyer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 24 minutes into the game, Martin Strömberg was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bahrtys Talanger's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave The Underdogs the free kick. A collision led to Bahrtys Talanger getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Martin Strömberg hit a great ball. In the 29th minute, Gerard van den Eede made a precise shot to the right of Gert Blomqvist. Bahrtys Talanger's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gerard van den Eede in the 36th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gert Blomqvist prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Oliver Hökkvist during the 41st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Gerard van den Eede scored 0-3 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gert Blomqvist, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Izaak Achterberg to make the kick off. The The Underdogs fans' excitement grew in the 55th match minute when The Underdogs's Gerard van den Eede looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 58 minutes into the match, The Underdogs's Gerard van den Eede sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gert Blomqvist narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Izaak Achterberg took a quick shot and it went in 0-5 without a chance for Gert Blomqvist to make any attempt to save it. Gert Blomqvist was out of position in the 74 minute of play, and Izaak Achterberg capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Izaak Achterberg really showed his touch with that goal: 0-6. After 82 minutes of play, The Underdogs's Gerard van den Eede made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gert Blomqvist was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gerard van den Eede in the 88thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Gert Blomqvist, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 91 minutes into the match, Izaak Achterberg notched a goal, 0-9, to the right of Bahrtys Talanger's Gert Blomqvist. Gert Blomqvist was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The crowd rose to their feet as The Underdogs's Gerard van den Eede slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Gert Blomqvist. That made the score 0-10 after 94 minutes of play. After 97 played minutes The Underdogs got a freekick which was hit by Izaak Achterberg. When the final whistle sounded The Underdogs left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Bahrtys Talanger.