U21 World League

Sävedalen
Spectators: 7518 (Terracing: 5639, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) Sävedalen's Jan-Erik Larsson started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 7th match minute, Sävedalen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kenny Nord to maneuver through the defense. Fabio Cirelli recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the match had gone on for 10 minutes, Fabio Cirelli put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Zebastian Göransson. A collision led to AC Roma getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Emilio Di Fazio hit a great ball. Anselmo Cirulli was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Mikael Larsfält showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 19 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jan-Erik Larsson in the 25th minute of play forced AC Roma's goalkeeper Anselmo Cirulli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mikael Larsfält hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. The supporters of Sävedalen booed when AC Roma was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emilio Di Fazio didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 33 minutes of play, AC Roma's Alfonso Buffone made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zebastian Göransson was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 36th match minute, Sävedalen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kenny Nord to maneuver through the defense. Zebastian Göransson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabio Cirelli in the 41st minute of the match. 42 minutes into the game, Sävedalen's Mikael Larsfält nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Anselmo Cirulli made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. Kenny Nord kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Aurelio Barresi to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfonso Buffone in the 51st minute of play forced Sävedalen's goalkeeper Zebastian Göransson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 54th match minute, AC Roma was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Angelo Marcelli to maneuver through the defense. Anselmo Cirulli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mikael Larsfält in the 55th minute of play. Aurelio Barresi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Zebastian Göransson made a huge save. 68 minutes into the game, AC Roma's Aurelio Barresi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zebastian Göransson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-3. If Ciro Orlandi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zebastian Göransson made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Aurelio Barresi sent off a good shot on target. 75 minutes had been played when some careless play by Sävedalen's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Demetrio Vespa was slow to take the kick. During this time AC Roma's players had a chance to rest. In the 89th minute of the match, Alfonso Buffone got a very nice opportunity to score, but Zebastian Göransson was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Jan-Erik Larsson's late challenge caught a AC Roma's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jan-Erik Larsson helped the player get up and apologised. AC Roma played a much better game than Sävedalen and deserved their victory. The Sävedalen players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.