U21 World League

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Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gilbert Åkesson took the kick off in the first half of the match. Kent Backman was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Tobias Möllgren showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 3 minute of play. The audience was convinced that Hampus Gunnarsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kent Backman was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. Lars-Erik Wall scored 1-1 in the 10th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Viktor Berggren, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 16 minutes into the game, Oskar Björk was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Norrlands Athen's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SE7EN the free kick. A collision led to Norrlands Athen getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Oskar Björk hit a great ball. After 18 minutes, Rickard Andreasson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Norrlands Athen and the SE7EN players grew even worse after the yellow card. Rickard Andreasson hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. 19 minutes into the match, Norrlands Athen's goal looked a bit too open when Hampus Gunnarsson came free, but Kent Backman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 24th minute, Norrlands Athen's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Olof Melberg fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. 26 minutes into the game, one of Norrlands Athen:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match had been going on for 28 minutes, SE7EN's Kim Ivarsson got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Kent Backman. Norrlands Athen's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Hampus Gunnarsson 32 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 4-1. Kent Backman didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Olof Melberg went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-1 was the resulting score. In the 42nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Norrlands Athen's goalkeeper Kent Backman, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, SE7EN's Helge Kullgren got a free kick in the 42nd minute. In the 44th minute, Oskar Björk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Norrlands Athen's Kent Backman proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save Norrlands Athen from getting a goal against them. Kent Backman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hampus Gunnarsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Norrlands Athen's Kent Backman got control of the ball when Gösta Lindström tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gösta Lindström made a kick off. Kent Backman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tobias Möllgren, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. The audience was convinced that Tobias Möllgren's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kent Backman was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. After 53 minutes, Vincent Molin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Norrlands Athen and the SE7EN players grew even worse after the yellow card. If Gilbert Åkesson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kent Backman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hampus Gunnarsson in the 59th minute of the match. The supporters of Norrlands Athen booed when SE7EN was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Olof Melberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rune Falkrans kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. In the 68th minute, Hampus Gunnarsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gösta Lindström in the 70th minute of play forced Norrlands Athen's goalkeeper Kent Backman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 72nd minute Hampus Gunnarsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kent Backman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vincent Molin kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. 77 minutes into the match, SE7EN's Gösta Lindström sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Kent Backman narrowly saved just below the crossbar. SE7EN's Viktor Berggren played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilbert Åkesson in the 79th minute of play. 79 minutes into the match, SE7EN's goal looked a bit too open when Gilbert Åkesson came free, but Viktor Berggren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kent Backman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olof Melberg in the 81st minute of the match. 83 minutes into the match, Olof Melberg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kent Backman. Norrlands Athen's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Olof Melberg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-1. After a rather tough play, SE7EN's Kim Ivarsson got a free kick in the 85th minute. Kent Backman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gösta Lindström in the 87th minute of the match. Kent Backman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olof Melberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kent Backman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kim Ivarsson in the 92nd minute of the match. SE7EN's Viktor Berggren proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 93rd minute of the match, managed to save SE7EN from getting a goal against them. In the 95th match minute, Norrlands Athen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gilbert Åkesson to maneuver through the defense. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The SE7EN fans cheered their team off the field, for while Norrlands Athen had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.