U21 World League

Valla Arena
Spectators: 7318 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 100) In the 8th minute, Thor Stabbe fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. In the 8th minute, Jan Wik hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Sven-Erik Drake came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the Valla Fc fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Sven-Erik Drake couldn't finish the play. Kalle Joelson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ramazan Afacan in the 13th minute of play. When the match clock showed 16 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Ramazan Afacan sped through Valla Fc's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Kalle Joelson. Ramazan Afacan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Kalle Joelson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the AKHisaR defense, Valentin Rosendal kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Egemen Toralp. The AKHisaR fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Egemen Toralp should have stopped the shot. Galip Beşer hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. A collision led to Valla Fc getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Per-Olof Wennerberg hit a great ball. After 31 played minutes, AKHisaR's İlyas Tolga Aras shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Kalle Joelson came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in AKHisaR reached it. If Yakup Hacıoğlu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 37th minute, Thor Stabbe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 38th match minute, Valla Fc was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thor Stabbe to maneuver through the defense. In the 40th minute Tolga Soysal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kalle Joelson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 47th minute Ramazan Afacan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kalle Joelson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The wind increased when Sven-Erik Drake made the kick off in the second half. In the 57th minute, Sven-Erik Drake got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 63rd minute of the match, Yakup Hacıoğlu tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Kalle Joelson saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. A collision led to Valla Fc getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Dennis Schröder hit a great ball. Tolga Soysal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Kalle Joelson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Valla Fc's Per-Olof Wennerberg got a free kick in the 67th minute. When Ramazan Afacan came up free with the goalie in the 68th minute, the AKHisaR fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ramazan Afacan couldn't finish the play. A sloppy throw-in by Erol Özyurek in the 76th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Valla Fc's Tom Skräddare. In the 76th minute Thor Stabbe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Egemen Toralp saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Valla Fc's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Valentin Rosendal in the 78th minute. 81 minutes into the match, Valla Fc's goal looked a bit too open when Tolga Soysal came free, but Kalle Joelson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Valla Fc's Kalle Joelson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Valla Fc from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, AKHisaR's Galip Beşer got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Kalle Joelson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yakup Hacıoğlu in the 89th minute of the match. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the AKHisaR players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.