U21 World League

Guldsmedshyttan
Spectators: 7455 (Terracing: 5592, Seating: 1714, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Sakis Batirakis took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sakis Batirakis in the 3rd minute of play forced Guldsmedshyttan IK's goalkeeper Jarl Andreasson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 9 minutes into the match, Guldsmedshyttan IK's goal looked a bit too open when Sakis Batirakis came free, but Jarl Andreasson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Stamatis Bravos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Karl-Ove Christoffersson in the 14th minute. 17 minutes into the match, Guldsmedshyttan IK's goal looked a bit too open when Sakis Batirakis came free, but Jarl Andreasson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, O.T.E's Iosif Glossopoulos got a free kick in the 18th minute. In the 20th match minute, Guldsmedshyttan IK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Michael Boström to maneuver through the defense. Jarl Andreasson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sakis Batirakis in the 22nd minute of play. Jarl Andreasson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sakis Batirakis in the 24th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Karl-Ove Christoffersson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stamatis Bravos was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mats Berggren during the 31st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 31st match minute, Guldsmedshyttan IK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mats Berggren to maneuver through the defense. 39 minutes into the match, Sakis Batirakis notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Guldsmedshyttan IK's Jarl Andreasson. Jarl Andreasson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 44 minutes into the match, Sakis Batirakis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jarl Andreasson. Guldsmedshyttan IK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sakis Batirakis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2.

The wind increased when Karl-Ove Christoffersson made the kick off in the second half. During the 61st minute of the match Mats Berggren completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Mats Berggren a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Mats Berggren hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Stamatis Bravos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karl-Ove Christoffersson in the 67th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, 乔铮飞 managed to get in a good position for a shot. O.T.E's supporters rose to their feet, but 乔铮飞 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jarl Andreasson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 71st match minute, O.T.E was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Menelaos Anatolakis to maneuver through the defense. In the 78th match minute, O.T.E was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Menelaos Anatolakis to maneuver through the defense. 81 minutes into the match, Karl-Ove Christoffersson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stamatis Bravos. O.T.E's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Karl-Ove Christoffersson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Guldsmedshyttan IK's Jarl Andreasson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sakis Batirakis in the 85th minute of play. After 87 minutes Guldsmedshyttan IK's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Iosif Glossopoulos who took care of the corner kick. After 93 minutes of play, O.T.E's Sakis Batirakis made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jarl Andreasson was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched O.T.E eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.