U21 World League

Cika Daca Arena
Spectators: 7546 (Terracing: 5661, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Sven-Ove Thedin made the kick off which started today's match. After some careless play in the Ghost Hunters defense, Nikola Tesla kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Åke Gustafsson. The Ghost Hunters fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Åke Gustafsson should have stopped the shot. Adam Svanér hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. In the 10th minute of the match Dušan Košutić sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Åke Gustafsson skillfully saved the ball. 12 minutes into the match, Ghost Hunters's goalkeeper Åke Gustafsson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Milutin Ćulibrk. When Sven Bäckman fell near the penalty area in the 16th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ghost Hunters's protests and gave Sven Bäckman a yellow card for diving instead. In the 16th minute, Sven Bäckman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 17th minute of the match Dušan Košutić sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Åke Gustafsson skillfully saved the ball. Milija Milanov hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. In the 22nd minute, Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s Nikola Tesla dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. With his leg Åke Gustafsson managed to avoid a goal in the 27thth minute, when Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s Milutin Ćulibrk fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Ghost Hunters's Åke Gustafsson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save Ghost Hunters from getting a goal against them. Åke Gustafsson came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s Julijan Punoševac. But to his dismay, Julijan Punoševac quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. In the 33rd minute, Milija Milanov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. Åke Gustafsson was out of position in the 37 minute of play, and Milutin Ćulibrk capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Milutin Ćulibrk really showed his touch with that goal: 5-0. The crowd rose to their feet as Nikola Tesla kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Åke Gustafsson. That made the score 6-0 in the 42 minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s Rade Ivančević slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Åke Gustafsson. That made the score 7-0 after 45 minutes of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 7-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Julijan Punoševac stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mladen Bokić made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sven-Ove Thedin in the 52nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikola Tesla in the 54th minute of play forced Ghost Hunters's goalkeeper Åke Gustafsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 57th minute Nikola Tesla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Åke Gustafsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™ fans' excitement grew in the 59th match minute when Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s Julijan Punoševac looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 8-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Åke Gustafsson came out of the goal in the 64th minute to try and stop a shot by Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s Milutin Ćulibrk. But to his dismay, Milutin Ćulibrk quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 9-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julijan Punoševac in the 69th minute of play forced Ghost Hunters's goalkeeper Åke Gustafsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ghost Hunters's Åke Gustafsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rade Ivančević in the 71st minute of play. Åke Gustafsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikola Tesla, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. After some careless play in the Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™ defense, Sven-Ove Thedin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mladen Bokić. The Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mladen Bokić should have stopped the shot. In the 81st minute, Sven-Ove Thedin 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. Julijan Punoševac took the ball and in the 87 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Åke Gustafsson. Åke Gustafsson dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 10-1. After 95 minutes of play, Ghost Hunters's Sven-Ove Thedin made it 10-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mladen Bokić was left in no man's land by his defense there! It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™ had played much better football throughout.