U21 World League

Old Trafford
Spectators: 7545 (Terracing: 5660, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tero Haakana got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Onsala Ass Kickers's zone, Tero Haakana stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Thomas Hägglund came out of the goal and Tero Haakana tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 4th match minute, Onsala Ass Kickers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jan Björnberg to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Onsala Ass Kickers getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Johannes Stenberg hit a great ball. Paavo Salmela succeeded in the game's 14th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-0. Raino Lindfors fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thomas Hägglund having to interfere. A hard shot 24 in the game by Tero Haakana from a close distance when the talented Thomas Hägglund managed to make a qualified save. Onsala Ass Kickers's players were relieved. Manchester United FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Rafael da Silva in the 25th minute. The supporters of Onsala Ass Kickers booed when Manchester United FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tero Haakana didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paavo Salmela in the 28th minute of play forced Onsala Ass Kickers's goalkeeper Thomas Hägglund to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thomas Hägglund showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paavo Salmela in the 37th minute of the match. After 39 minutes, Pirkka Rautee mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Manchester United FC and the Onsala Ass Kickers players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Manchester United FC's Pirkka Rautee got a free kick in the 39th minute. Pirkka Rautee hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. 43 minutes into the match, Manchester United FC's goal looked a bit too open when Edwin Sjöberg came free, but Juha Jokiranta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 49th minute of the match Manchester United FC got a corner. Onsala Ass Kickers's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Rafael da Silva ran over to the corner to take the kick. Rafael da Silva made a great header on Manchester United FC's corner, it was just that Onsala Ass Kickers's Thomas Hägglund managed to reach the ball for a save. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The wind increased when Kåre Bruhn made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paavo Salmela in the 56th minute of play forced Onsala Ass Kickers's goalkeeper Thomas Hägglund to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thomas Hägglund didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tero Haakana went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. If Paavo Salmela had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 71st match minute, Manchester United FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Raino Lindfors to maneuver through the defense. Juha Jokiranta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edwin Sjöberg in the 72nd minute of the match. 77 minutes into the game, Jan Björnberg was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Onsala Ass Kickers's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Manchester United FC the free kick. A collision led to Onsala Ass Kickers getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Jan Björnberg hit a great ball. Manchester United FC's Raino Lindfors pulled a muscle in his leg after 81 minutes and couldn't finish the game. 81 minutes into the game, Viggo Billing was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Onsala Ass Kickers's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Manchester United FC the free kick. After 82 played minutes Onsala Ass Kickers got a freekick which was hit by Viggo Billing. After 85 played minutes Onsala Ass Kickers got a freekick which was hit by Vincent Vallengren. Tero Haakana succeeded in the game's 87th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 4-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Martti Helin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Manchester United FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Martti Helin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Thomas Hägglund breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Uolevi Rauvola scored 5-0 in the 94th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Thomas Hägglund, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. For all the effort they put into the match, the Onsala Ass Kickers players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Manchester United FC.