U21 World League

Kungahuset
Spectators: 7738 (Terracing: 5805, Seating: 1779, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Casper Tunander made the kick off which started today's match. Jens-Ola Samuelsson's late challenge caught a GERLIROJO Ψ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jens-Ola Samuelsson helped the player get up and apologised. Harald Myr showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Severo Vachon in the 6th minute of the match. Jens-Ola Samuelsson was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Jens-Ola Samuelsson got his second yellow card in the match during the 9th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After 10 played minutes Kronan got a freekick which was hit by Jens-Ola Samuelsson. 14 minutes into the match, Kronan's goal looked a bit too open when Abelardo Bartoli came free, but Harald Myr reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fidel Rik made a fantastic save in the 17th minute, when Bernt Hellkvist sent off a good shot on target. Bernt Hellkvist received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Fidel Rik tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 22 played minutes Kronan got a freekick which was hit by Zebastian Tunberg. Harald Myr showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Severo Vachon, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Bernt Hellkvist kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gerardo Montae in the 29th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Harald Myr saved Kronan from getting behind. Bernt Hellkvist could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Fidel Rik made a huge save. Kronan's Harald Myr played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Severo Vachon in the 37th minute of play. Fidel Rik took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bernt Hellkvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 44 minutes into the match, GERLIROJO Ψ's goalkeeper Fidel Rik had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bernt Hellkvist. In the 46th minute Kronan were awarded a corner. Patrik Arhenius went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Patrik Arhenius got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Fidel Rik quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Gerardo Montae made the kick off in the second half. Bernt Hellkvist fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fidel Rik having to interfere. If Zebastian Tunberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kronan made a substitution. Nils-Emil Österberg replaced Ola Nordin. With a little luck, Kronan's Harald Myr got control of the ball when Ciriaco Eguzki tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 70th minute, Bernt Hellkvist left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Kronan fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. 74 minutes into the match, Zebastian Tunberg notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of GERLIROJO Ψ's Fidel Rik. Fidel Rik was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Fidel Rik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernt Hellkvist in the 80th minute of play. If Bernt Hellkvist had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 86 played minutes GERLIROJO Ψ got a freekick which was hit by Ciriaco Eguzki. After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Bernt Hellkvist managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kronan's supporters rose to their feet, but Bernt Hellkvist was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fidel Rik breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 93 minutes, Arnaldo Franco mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the GERLIROJO Ψ and the Kronan players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, GERLIROJO Ψ's Arnaldo Franco got a free kick in the 93rd minute. GERLIROJO Ψ's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.