U21 World League

BE COOL PALACE
Spectators: 7597 (Terracing: 5699, Seating: 1747, VIP seats: 151) Apostolis Pappas charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Apostolis Pappas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Apostolis Pappas kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. Apostolis Pappas was shown his second yellow card after 5 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 6th match minute, BE COOL was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Apostolis Pappas to maneuver through the defense. Babbis Boumis charged in rather forcefully in the 15th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Babbis Boumis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Babbis Boumis hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. 18 minutes into the match, Alfred Österberg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nikos Kyriakou. BE COOL's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alfred Österberg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 25th minute of the game Lukas Kråk made a throw-in which Alfred Österberg played forward. Alfred Österberg recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 27th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After having played for 34 minutes, Alfred Österberg managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Zero Hedge's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alfred Österberg was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Freddie Lindholm fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikos Kyriakou having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alfred Österberg to make the kick off. Melker Törnblom received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Nikos Kyriakou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 54 minutes into the match, Alfred Österberg dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Nikos Kyriakou, 0-2. Eustratios Psomiadis hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. After 94 played minutes Zero Hedge got a freekick which was hit by Bertil Åström. An unexpected shot in the 96th minute by Alfred Österberg got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. The BE COOL supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Zero Hedge's performance. The match ended with a win for Zero Hedge.