U23 World League

Summoners Rift
Spectators: 7633 (Terracing: 5783, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 77) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Diamantino Santos kicked off to start the match. Ivan Rolandsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lukasz Bendyk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 8 minutes into the match, FC Blueskatterna's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Kjellberg came free, but Ivan Rolandsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Daniel Kjellberg hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. With a little luck, FC Blueskatterna's Ivan Rolandsson got control of the ball when Heldur Hermann tried to sneak it across the goal line. Diamantino Santos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Ivan Rolandsson made a huge save. Altan Ülken lost his temper 16 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The audience was convinced that Lukasz Bendyk's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ivan Rolandsson was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. 21 minutes into the match, Greger Rudkvist notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Reaalne Madrid JK's Raul Rähn. Raul Rähn was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 23 minutes into the game, FC Blueskatterna's Karl-Johan Dahlberg nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Raul Rähn made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. After 27 minutes of play, FC Blueskatterna's Ted Nässén made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Raul Rähn was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 30th minute Lukasz Bendyk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ivan Rolandsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Raul Rähn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Greger Rudkvist in the 31st minute of the match. Ted Nässén kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. Raul Rähn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karl-Johan Dahlberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 39th minute, Greger Rudkvist ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Raul Rähn was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. 43 minutes into the match, FC Blueskatterna's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Kjellberg came free, but Ivan Rolandsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of FC Blueskatterna booed when Reaalne Madrid JK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Diamantino Santos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Raul Rähn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karl-Johan Dahlberg in the 47th minute of play. After the first half FC Blueskatterna were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ted Nässén to strike the kick off in the second half. Ted Nässén received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Raul Rähn tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 53 minutes into the match, Reaalne Madrid JK's goal looked a bit too open when Greger Rudkvist came free, but Raul Rähn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Greger Rudkvist got free with Raul Rähn in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of FC Blueskatterna booed when Reaalne Madrid JK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kiur Kaiklem didn't get a good kick on the ball. 60 minutes into the match, Greger Rudkvist had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Raul Rähn. Reaalne Madrid JK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Greger Rudkvist was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. Jass Kääramees hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Reaalne Madrid JK's Raul Rähn proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save Reaalne Madrid JK from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Heldur Hermann in the 65th minute of play forced FC Blueskatterna's goalkeeper Ivan Rolandsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to FC Blueskatterna getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Axel Tönnberg hit a great ball. 67 minutes into the match, FC Blueskatterna's goal looked a bit too open when Filiberto Restu came free, but Ivan Rolandsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Greger Rudkvist hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Heldur Hermann recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 71st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Eiko Heinmaa hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Esbjörn Hybbert could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Raul Rähn made a huge save. Reaalne Madrid JK's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Filiberto Restu in the 82nd minute. After taking down the ball on Reaalne Madrid JK's corner Filiberto Restu fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ivan Rolandsson quite easily take care of the ball. Ivan Rolandsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lukasz Bendyk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Greger Rudkvist got free with Raul Rähn in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. FC Blueskatterna had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.