U23 World League

Sosnowiec Area
Spectators: 7729 (Terracing: 5798, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) Matthias Ekegren started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Leonard Lewkowicz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Tommy Melin made a huge save. A nice corner shot did that Konstanty Literski got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tommy Melin quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Matthias Ekegren hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edin Džeko in the 7th minute of play forced Juoksengi's goalkeeper Tommy Melin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. F.C. Sosnowiec's Kacper Tobiáš played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by John Wiberg in the 15th minute of play. Rodolfo Goito's late challenge caught a Juoksengi's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rodolfo Goito helped the player get up and apologised. In the 16th minute, Rodolfo Goito hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Leonard Lewkowicz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 19th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to F.C. Sosnowiec getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Radomil Brack hit a great ball. Tommy Melin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edin Džeko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kacper Tobiáš showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christiano Ronaldo in the 26th minute of the match. Edin Džeko blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tommy Melin having to make a save. Tommy Melin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edin Džeko in the 35th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Juoksengi's zone, Edin Džeko stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tommy Melin came out of the goal and Edin Džeko tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Edin Džeko stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Tommy Melin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Massem Mendes's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. 60 minutes into the match, F.C. Sosnowiec's goalkeeper Kacper Tobiáš had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by John Wiberg. Kacper Tobiáš showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matthias Ekegren, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Tommy Melin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edin Džeko in the 67th minute of the match. Melker Kämpe's late challenge caught a F.C. Sosnowiec's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Melker Kämpe helped the player get up and apologised. Melker Kämpe hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Tommy Melin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Konstanty Literski in the 70th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Edin Džeko managed to get in a good position for a shot. F.C. Sosnowiec's supporters rose to their feet, but Edin Džeko was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tommy Melin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 79th match minute, Juoksengi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Billy Torsberg to maneuver through the defense. Juoksengi's Tommy Melin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edin Džeko in the 82nd minute of play. Juoksengi's Tommy Melin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edin Džeko in the 84th minute of play. In the 91st minute Matthias Ekegren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kacper Tobiáš saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kacper Tobiáš made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from John Wiberg in the 92nd minute of play. The F.C. Sosnowiec players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.