U23 World League

Fort Knox
Spectators: 7624 (Terracing: 5966, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 158) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Victor Petersson started the match with the kick off. FC Hackspett U21's attentive Fred Ånger managed to snatch the ball when Bruno Medeiros made a throw-in in the 7th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Palle Paalgard in the 8th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Frederick Van Gorp prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Virtual Aces's Frederick Van Gorp played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Palle Paalgard in the 10th minute of play. Ivar Brask hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Bamsi Bonk lost his temper 12 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 13th match minute, FC Hackspett U21 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bamsi Bonk to maneuver through the defense. In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Hackspett U21's goalkeeper Sergio Goycochea, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Sergio Goycochea made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Björn Wallin sent off a good shot on target. Cornel Manciulea's late challenge caught a FC Hackspett U21's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cornel Manciulea helped the player get up and apologised. After 25 played minutes Virtual Aces got a freekick which was hit by Cornel Manciulea. Frederick Van Gorp showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivar Brask in the 28th minute of the match. In the 29th minute Palle Paalgard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frederick Van Gorp saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Palle Paalgard in the 30th minute of play forced Virtual Aces's goalkeeper Frederick Van Gorp to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sergio Goycochea made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Björn Wallin sent off a good shot on target. Virtual Aces's Frederick Van Gorp played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emanuel Uter in the 36th minute of play. 40 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Hackspett U21's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Victor Petersson was slow to take the kick. During this time Virtual Aces's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Victor Petersson almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC Hackspett U21's Sergio Goycochea did a great save. If Palle Paalgard had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Palle Paalgard's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Frederick Van Gorp read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 44th minute of play. When Palle Paalgard came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the FC Hackspett U21 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 Palle Paalgard couldn't finish the play. After 47 played minutes FC Hackspett U21 got a freekick which was hit by Ivar Brask. Johan Mjällby sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ivar Brask stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the FC Hackspett U21 defense, Victor Petersson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sergio Goycochea. The FC Hackspett U21 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sergio Goycochea should have stopped the shot. Sergio Goycochea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Petersson in the 62nd minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 64 minutes, Frederick Van Gorp successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Frederick Van Gorp didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Palle Paalgard went, in the 64th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Zygmunt Tyszka hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. In the 71st match minute, FC Hackspett U21 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lars-Erik Klemensson to maneuver through the defense. In the 72nd minute, Ivar Brask left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Hackspett U21 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. In the 76th minute Victor Petersson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergio Goycochea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 77 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Hackspett U21's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Victor Petersson was slow to take the kick. During this time Virtual Aces's players had a chance to rest. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Johan Mjällby advanced and headed the ball into goal, 2-2 in the 77th minute. Sergio Goycochea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Petersson in the 80th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Palle Paalgard in the 82nd minute of play forced Virtual Aces's goalkeeper Frederick Van Gorp to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Virtual Aces getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Marko Willig hit a great ball. FC Hackspett U21's Sergio Goycochea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victor Petersson in the 91st minute of play. Douglas Björkman kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Victor Petersson's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sergio Goycochea read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 95th minute of play.