U21 World League

Stephen A Smith IP
Spectators: 7515 (Terracing: 5637, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Peter Pilblad started the match with the kick off. When Hugo Bruse came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the FC Wingspan 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 Hugo Bruse couldn't finish the play. With a little luck, Lilla Jordberga BK's Sven-Olof Zander got control of the ball when Fabian Jonsson tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 8th minute, Pär Abrahamsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of FC Wingspan booed when Lilla Jordberga BK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Einar Gallberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Hugo Bruse's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sven-Olof Zander was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. 15 minutes into the match, Lilla Jordberga BK's goalkeeper Sven-Olof Zander had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Peter Pilblad. When the match had gone on for 18 minutes, Fabian Jonsson took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Sven-Olof Zander to make any attempt to save it. After 27 played minutes Lilla Jordberga BK got a freekick which was hit by Isak Björnsson. In the 34th minute of the match FC Wingspan got a corner. Lilla Jordberga BK's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ingmar Ahlbom ran over to the corner to take the kick. Georg Aronsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 38th minute, Åke Wallmark hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tobias Göransson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pär Abrahamsson in the 42nd minute of the match. Tobias Göransson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ted Hansson, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Peter Pilblad in the 47th minute of play forced Lilla Jordberga BK's goalkeeper Sven-Olof Zander to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ted Hansson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Hans Uter kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. 54 minutes into the game, FC Wingspan's Georg Aronsson nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sven-Olof Zander made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Sven-Olof Zander showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peter Pilblad in the 61st minute of the match. FC Wingspan's Tobias Göransson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save FC Wingspan from getting a goal against them. When Ted Hansson came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the Lilla Jordberga BK 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 Ted Hansson couldn't finish the play. Anders Haeger hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. In the 74th minute of the match Ingmar Ahlbom sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Sven-Olof Zander skillfully saved the ball. In the 78th minute, Georg Aronsson 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. 80 minutes into the match, Peter Pilblad had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sven-Olof Zander. Lilla Jordberga BK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Peter Pilblad was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. The supporters of FC Wingspan booed when Lilla Jordberga BK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Isak Björnsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ingmar Ahlbom recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 86th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Peter Pilblad fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sven-Olof Zander having to interfere. After 91 minutes of play, FC Wingspan's Ingmar Ahlbom made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sven-Olof Zander was left in no man's land by his defense there! 96 minutes into the match, Lilla Jordberga BK's goal looked a bit too open when Ingmar Ahlbom came free, but Sven-Olof Zander reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. FC Wingspan fully deserved thier win.