U21 World League

Rocco Stadium
Spectators: 7818 (Terracing: 5865, Seating: 1798, VIP seats: 155) Team Rocco's Jan-Olof Hedling started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Mart Poom made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fredrik Bjurström in the 4th minute of play. The corner ended in Robin Martinsson almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Vila's Mart Poom did a great save. In the 14th minute, Vila's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Fredrik Bjurström fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Mart Poom didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jan-Olof Hedling went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Mart Poom showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonas Kalfhage, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Vila's Mart Poom proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save Vila from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Team Rocco's Jan-Olof Hedling slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mart Poom. That made the score 2-0 after 21 minutes of play. Manole Iosifian hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Eero Loorits during the 25th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 25th minute, one of Vila:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Vila. Mart Poom showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fredrik Bjurström, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Team Rocco's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Robin Martinsson in the 35th minute. After taking down the ball on Team Rocco's corner Fredrik Bjurström fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Mart Poom quite easily take care of the ball. In the 36th minute, Fredrik Bjurström left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Team Rocco fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Fredrik Bjurström in the 38th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mart Poom prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Mart Poom showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fredrik Bjurström, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Thanks to some nice moves Jan-Olof Hedling could shoot a difficult shot in the 42nd minute, which Mart Poom however easily saved by the left post. In the 44th minute Fredrik Bjurström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mart Poom saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Manole Iosifian made a kick off. Mart Poom showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonas Kalfhage in the 52nd minute of the match. With a little luck, Team Rocco's Christer Kullander got control of the ball when Manole Iosifian tried to sneak it across the goal line. Leif Billberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 59 minutes into the match, Vila's goal looked a bit too open when Jonas Kalfhage came free, but Mart Poom reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Christer Kullander showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manole Iosifian, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Vila made a substitution. Kristofer Üllas replaced Manole Iosifian. Leif Billberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 73 minutes into the match, Jonas Kalfhage notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Vila's Mart Poom. Mart Poom was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 77 minutes of play, Team Rocco's Jan-Olof Hedling made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mart Poom was left in no man's land by his defense there! 83 minutes into the match, Team Rocco's Jonas Kalfhage sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mart Poom narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Vila's Mart Poom played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonas Kalfhage in the 87th minute of play. Mart Poom took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fredrik Bjurström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Jan-Olof Hedling had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 94 minutes, Andri Konrad mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Vila and the Team Rocco players grew even worse after the yellow card. Fredrik Bjurström recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 96th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Team Rocco had played much better football throughout.