U21 World League

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Spectators: 7528 (Terracing: 5647, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Charlie Öfverman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Michael Blomqvist could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Tilemachos Manouselis made a huge save. Through an outstanding action, after 15 minutes, Tilemachos Manouselis successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Akis Vasilakopoulos's late challenge caught a Sannegården BK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Akis Vasilakopoulos helped the player get up and apologised. In the 19th minute Jonathan Hård shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tilemachos Manouselis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fragiskos Stergakos kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Michael Blomqvist's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tilemachos Manouselis was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Nils-Emil Björkdal managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sannegården BK's supporters rose to their feet, but Nils-Emil Björkdal was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tilemachos Manouselis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 31 minutes into the match, Tabachana F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Jonathan Hård came free, but Tilemachos Manouselis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ilias Kritikopoulos kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. In the 35th match minute, Sannegården BK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonathan Hård to maneuver through the defense. In the 37thth minute of the game Vassilis Tournas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sannegården BK's Fritz Bållström was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Tilemachos Manouselis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonathan Hård, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Akis Vasilakopoulos got his second yellow card in the match during the 41st minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. A collision led to Tabachana F.C. getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Akis Vasilakopoulos hit a great ball. After 46 minutes of play, Sannegården BK's Nils-Emil Björkdal made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tilemachos Manouselis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alexandros Karakotsos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Giannis Tzougarakis fell near the penalty area in the 54th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tabachana F.C.'s protests and gave Giannis Tzougarakis a yellow card for diving instead. Giannis Tzougarakis kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. 63 minutes into the match, Nils-Emil Björkdal had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tilemachos Manouselis. Tabachana F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nils-Emil Björkdal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. After a rather tough play, Tabachana F.C.'s Efthimis Stamatiadis got a free kick in the 69th minute. Tilemachos Manouselis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nils-Emil Björkdal, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Alexandros Karakotsos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fritz Bållström having to interfere. 85 minutes into the match, Sannegården BK's goal looked a bit too open when Alexis Idrotoglou came free, but Fritz Bållström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Sannegården BK's Fritz Bållström got control of the ball when Alexandros Karakotsos tried to sneak it across the goal line. Alexandros Karakotsos came free with the goalkeeper in the 86th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Fritz Bållström could save by the left post. Efthimis Stamatiadis was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 90 minutes into the match. After 89 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Tabachana F.C.! In the 91st minute there was a penalty for Sannegården BK. Nils-Emil Björkdal stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Tilemachos Manouselis. 3-0. Nils-Emil Björkdal took the ball and in the 96 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tilemachos Manouselis. Tilemachos Manouselis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0.