U23 World League

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Spectators: 7989 (Terracing: 5993, Seating: 1837, VIP seats: 159) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Marcello Lewandowski got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd match minute, Strömsbro IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Simon Kihlberg to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Strömsbro IF getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Robert Falck hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Tony Skarkman kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Edvin van der Saar. That made the score 1-0 in the 11 minute of play. After a rather tough play, Tribos's Zé Augusto Paiva got a free kick in the 13th minute. In the 16th minute, Marcello Lewandowski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tribos fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. 18 minutes into the match, Strömsbro IF's goal looked a bit too open when Cristiano Faria came free, but Luis-Miguel Camara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Tribos's Cristiano Faria got a free kick in the 19th minute. After having played for 22 minutes, Tony Skarkman managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Strömsbro IF's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tony Skarkman was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a little luck, Tribos's Edvin van der Saar got control of the ball when Tony Skarkman tried to sneak it across the goal line. Strömsbro IF's attentive Harry Blom managed to snatch the ball when Christopher Sjögren made a throw-in in the 26th minute of the game. Edvin van der Saar was out of position in the 28 minute of play, and Tony Skarkman capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Tony Skarkman really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. Tony Skarkman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the Tribos defense, Tony Skarkman kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Edvin van der Saar. The Tribos fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Edvin van der Saar should have stopped the shot. Luis-Miguel Camara showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcello Lewandowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. In the 42nd minute Örjan Frisk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edvin van der Saar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tribos's Edvin van der Saar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tony Skarkman in the 43rd minute of play. In the 46th minute Marcello Lewandowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luis-Miguel Camara saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 48th minute Tribos were awarded a corner. Pedrinho Figueiredo went to the cornerflag to take it. Pedrinho Figueiredo made a great header on Tribos's corner, it was just that Strömsbro IF's Luis-Miguel Camara managed to reach the ball for a save. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Örjan Frisk was the one to do the kick off. If Cristiano Faria had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tribos's Edvin van der Saar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tony Skarkman in the 57th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tony Skarkman in the 64th minute of play forced Tribos's goalkeeper Edvin van der Saar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edvin van der Saar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tony Skarkman, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. The audience was convinced that Marcello Lewandowski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luis-Miguel Camara was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. After taking down the ball on Tribos's corner Pedrinho Figueiredo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Luis-Miguel Camara quite easily take care of the ball. Edvin van der Saar didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Strömsbro IF's Tony Skarkman shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 4-1 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 79th minute, Örjan Frisk sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Tribos's Edvin van der Saar didn't even have to move. Edvin van der Saar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tony Skarkman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Strömsbro IF's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Örjan Frisk in the 82nd minute. The corner led Strömsbro IF's Örjan Frisk to fire away a dangerous shot which Edvin van der Saar despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. When Tribos's Marcello Lewandowski in the 91st minute got a chance for a shot 91st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Strömsbro IF's goalie prevented a goal.