U21 World League

Winthont Arena
Spectators: 8129 (Terracing: 6098, Seating: 1870, VIP seats: 161) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Herman Ahlström took the kick off in the first half of the match. Arman Lundström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Norino in the 7th minute of the match. Arman Lundström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Slim Shady, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 12 minutes into the match, StraX Xenon FC's goal looked a bit too open when Slim Shady came free, but Arman Lundström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 14 minutes into the match, Kadim Argun dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Arman Lundström, 2-0. Arman Lundström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Slim Shady, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arman Lundström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Slim Shady, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. After a rather tough play, StraX Xenon FC's Sven-Edvin Karlsson got a free kick in the 21st minute. After some careless play in the StraX Xenon FC defense, Cristian Norino kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arman Lundström. The StraX Xenon FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arman Lundström should have stopped the shot. After a defensive mix-up in Winthont FC's zone, Herman Ahlström stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jacob Hauvers came out of the goal and Herman Ahlström tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kadim Argun in the 32nd minute of play forced StraX Xenon FC's goalkeeper Arman Lundström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ingvar Gadd in the 33rd minute of play forced Winthont FC's goalkeeper Jacob Hauvers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Slim Shady was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Slim Shady hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 54 minutes into the match, StraX Xenon FC's Herman Ahlström sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jacob Hauvers narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 55th match minute, Winthont FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristian Norino to maneuver through the defense. In the 59th minute, Anders Sjöberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kadim Argun took the ball and in the 60 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Arman Lundström. Arman Lundström dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. Winthont FC made a substitution. Brian Broby replaced Slim Shady. Ingvar Gadd received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Jacob Hauvers tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 66 minutes into the match, Winthont FC's goalkeeper Jacob Hauvers had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gustav Alstedt. In the 68th minute, Anselmo Dantas made a precise shot to the right of Arman Lundström. StraX Xenon FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-0. A sloppy throw-in by Leandro Hoffmann in the 72nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by StraX Xenon FC's Vilhelm Johnsson. Jacob Hauvers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustav Alstedt in the 75th minute of the match. Håkan Berg hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. In the 79th minute Cristian Norino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arman Lundström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cristian Norino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Arman Lundström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anselmo Dantas in the 83rd minute of the match. After 86 minutes of play, Winthont FC's Anselmo Dantas made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arman Lundström was left in no man's land by his defense there! 91 minutes into the match, StraX Xenon FC's goal looked a bit too open when Anselmo Dantas came free, but Arman Lundström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. StraX Xenon FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.