U21 World League

Gamla Ullevi
Spectators: 7524 (Terracing: 5644, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mårten Botvidsson started the match with the kick off. Eric Eckegren showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edwin Sjöberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Edwin Sjöberg might have been able to make a better finish in the 7th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Eric Eckegren. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edwin Sjöberg ran back to his position shaking his head. Eric Eckegren stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Edwin Sjöberg's shot from short distance in the 11th minute. Onsala Ass Kickers's Thomas Hägglund proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save Onsala Ass Kickers from getting a goal against them. Eric Eckegren showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edwin Sjöberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Eric Eckegren stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Edwin Sjöberg's shot from short distance in the 15th minute. Kåre Bruhn took the ball and in the 17 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eric Eckegren. Eric Eckegren dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Onsala Ass Kickers's Edwin Sjöberg got a good chance for a goal in the 24th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Johannes Stenberg kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. 34 minutes into the game, one of FC Hans:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 36th minute there was a penalty for Onsala Ass Kickers. Axel Uggstedt stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Eric Eckegren. 0-2. Eric Eckegren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edwin Sjöberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eric Eckegren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kåre Bruhn in the 41st minute of the match. Eric Eckegren stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Edwin Sjöberg's shot from short distance in the 42nd minute. 44 minutes into the match, FC Hans's goal looked a bit too open when Edwin Sjöberg came free, but Eric Eckegren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to FC Hans getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Ingmar Alkvist hit a great ball.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Kåre Bruhn stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 56 minutes into the match, FC Hans's Kurt Mager sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Thomas Hägglund narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Edwin Sjöberg might have been able to make a better finish in the 63rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Eric Eckegren. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edwin Sjöberg ran back to his position shaking his head. FC Hans's Eric Eckegren proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save FC Hans from getting a goal against them. Edwin Sjöberg might have been able to make a better finish in the 65th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Eric Eckegren. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edwin Sjöberg ran back to his position shaking his head. Jörn Ekeberg kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Eric Eckegren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edwin Sjöberg in the 71st minute of play. A collision led to FC Hans getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Ingmar Alkvist hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Torgny Sjöberg during the 73rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to FC Hans getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Torgny Sjöberg hit a great ball. In the 74th minute, FC Hans's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Edwin Sjöberg fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 74th minute of the match, Kåre Bruhn got a very nice opportunity to score, but Eric Eckegren was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Edwin Sjöberg might have been able to make a better finish in the 79th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Eric Eckegren. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edwin Sjöberg ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edwin Sjöberg in the 79th minute of play forced FC Hans's goalkeeper Eric Eckegren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edwin Sjöberg might have been able to make a better finish in the 90th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Eric Eckegren. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edwin Sjöberg ran back to his position shaking his head. Eric Eckegren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edwin Sjöberg in the 90th minute of play. 93 minutes into the match, Mårten Botvidsson notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Onsala Ass Kickers's Thomas Hägglund. Thomas Hägglund was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Onsala Ass Kickers eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.