U23 World League

Midgård
Spectators: 7716 (Terracing: 5788, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Christian Olofsson started the match with the kick off. Fernado Muslera came out of the goal in the 3rd minute to try and stop a shot by The Northmen Army's Hjalmar Håkansson. But to his dismay, Hjalmar Håkansson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. A collision led to CAN ERZURUM getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Buğra Ünalp hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Christian Olofsson got free with Fernado Muslera in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Fernado Muslera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hao Yuan Guang in the 11th minute of the match. The supporters of The Northmen Army booed when CAN ERZURUM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Halis Özbilen didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arın Ferhat Kocaker was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 16 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, CAN ERZURUM's Arın Ferhat Kocaker got a free kick in the 17th minute. Fernado Muslera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hu Zhen Di in the 18th minute of the match. Fernado Muslera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hao Yuan Guang in the 26th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Christian Olofsson kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Fernado Muslera. That made the score 2-0 in the 28 minute of play. Fernado Muslera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hao Yuan Guang, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. When The Northmen Army's Hao Yuan Guang in the 36th minute got a chance for a shot 36th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye CAN ERZURUM's goalie prevented a goal. After a rather tough play, CAN ERZURUM's Bilgin Yenisey got a free kick in the 37th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hu Zhen Di got free with Fernado Muslera in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Fernado Muslera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Albertino Severiano in the 42nd minute. Fernado Muslera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hjalmar Håkansson in the 43rd minute of play. 45 minutes into the game, Hu Zhen Di cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Fernado Muslera was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-0.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Christian Olofsson in the 50th minute of play forced CAN ERZURUM's goalkeeper Fernado Muslera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Northmen Army's Robin Bäckström proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save The Northmen Army from getting a goal against them. After some careless play in the CAN ERZURUM defense, Hao Yuan Guang kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fernado Muslera. The CAN ERZURUM fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fernado Muslera should have stopped the shot. The Northmen Army's Teobald Polakowski was substituted for Christian Olofsson. The Northmen Army made a substitution. Kiko Zimbo replaced Hu Zhen Di. The Northmen Army's Kevin Näfver was substituted for Hao Yuan Guang. After some careless play in the CAN ERZURUM defense, Hjalmar Håkansson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fernado Muslera. The CAN ERZURUM fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fernado Muslera should have stopped the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ahmet İlke Akbayrak got free with Robin Bäckström in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When The Northmen Army's Fortunato Stefano in the 65th minute got a chance for a shot 65th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye CAN ERZURUM's goalie prevented a goal. When the match clock showed 65 minutes, the score became 7-0 when Fortunato Stefano sped through CAN ERZURUM's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Fernado Muslera. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kevin Näfver in the 70th minute of play forced CAN ERZURUM's goalkeeper Fernado Muslera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 71 minutes into the game, The Northmen Army's Teobald Polakowski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fernado Muslera made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 8-0. Robin Bäckström made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ahmet İlke Akbayrak in the 77th minute. Fernado Muslera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kevin Näfver, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fernado Muslera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kevin Näfver, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 90th minute, Roy Gustavsson got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. The Northmen Army fully deserved thier win.