U23 World League

Polcirkel Arena
Spectators: 7677 (Terracing: 5758, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Matthias Ekegren made the kick off which started today's match. The throw-in from Witalis Derlanga in the 12th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by F.C. Sosnowiec's Pawel Barycz. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Todor Barakovski in the 13th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mats Jakobsson saved Juoksengi from getting behind. Kacper Tobiáš was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Matthias Ekegren showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 15 minute of play. A collision led to F.C. Sosnowiec getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Mieszko Ludwiczak hit a great ball. After 21 minutes F.C. Sosnowiec's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Matthias Ekegren who took care of the corner kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matthias Ekegren in the 23rd minute of play forced F.C. Sosnowiec's goalkeeper Kacper Tobiáš to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of F.C. Sosnowiec booed when Juoksengi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stor Mønster didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 26th minute, Todor Barakovski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mats Jakobsson was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Stor Mønster sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. F.C. Sosnowiec's Todor Barakovski got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 39th minute of the match, John Wiberg got a very nice opportunity to score, but Kacper Tobiáš was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Hálfdan Hálfdánsson hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Massem Mendes in the 44th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mats Jakobsson saved Juoksengi from getting behind. The audience thought a goal was coming when John Wiberg got free with Kacper Tobiáš in the 46th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Todor Barakovski to strike the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, F.C. Sosnowiec's Stasio Hetman got a free kick in the 52nd minute. 55 minutes into the match, John Wiberg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kacper Tobiáš. F.C. Sosnowiec's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that John Wiberg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. 58 minutes into the match, Todor Barakovski notched a goal, 4-2, to the right of Juoksengi's Mats Jakobsson. Mats Jakobsson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Todor Barakovski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mats Jakobsson was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. In the 65th minute F.C. Sosnowiec were awarded a corner. Leonard Lewkowicz went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to F.C. Sosnowiec's Bogdan Wiatrak getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. The supporters of Juoksengi booed when F.C. Sosnowiec was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Radomil Brack didn't get a good kick on 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 Matthias Ekegren in the 71st minute of play. After some careless play in the Juoksengi defense, Todor Barakovski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mats Jakobsson. The Juoksengi fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mats Jakobsson should have stopped the shot. Wasyl Majdoch kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. With 80 minutes on the clock, Stasio Hetman commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. A collision led to F.C. Sosnowiec getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Stasio Hetman hit a great ball. The audience held their breath when Witalis Derlanga in the 82nd minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Kacper Tobiáš's left hand side. In the 84th minute, Todor Barakovski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mats Jakobsson was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-4. In the 89th minute the ball was on its way in behind Juoksengi's goalkeeper Mats Jakobsson, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. F.C. Sosnowiec were awarded a corner in the 90th minute after Juoksengi's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Leonard Lewkowicz took the corner. After taking down the ball on F.C. Sosnowiec's corner Leonard Lewkowicz fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Mats Jakobsson quite easily take care of the ball. 92 minutes into the match, Juoksengi's goal looked a bit too open when Todor Barakovski came free, but Mats Jakobsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kacper Tobiáš showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christiano Ronaldo, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.