U23 World League

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Spectators: 7678 (Terracing: 5759, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) Jesus Arce started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roy Keane in the 7th minute of play forced Garphyttan's goalkeeper Jörgen Gummeson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Manchester United FC's Antto Laitinen quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Jesus Arce, made in the 8th minute of the game. Juha Jokiranta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jesus Arce, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. 22 minutes into the game, Garphyttan's Jesus Arce nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Juha Jokiranta made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 26th minute of the game. One of Manchester United FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Garphyttan:s goal. When the match had been going on for 28 minutes, Garphyttan's Jens-Ola Nordin got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Juha Jokiranta. Tero Haakana's late challenge caught a Garphyttan's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tero Haakana helped the player get up and apologised. After 32 played minutes Manchester United FC got a freekick which was hit by Tero Haakana. Manchester United FC made a substitution. Mika Mikkola replaced Tero Haakana. In the 35th minute Karl-Åke Sandell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juha Jokiranta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 36th match minute, Manchester United FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antto Laitinen to maneuver through the defense. 42 minutes into the match, Manchester United FC's Paavo Salmela sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jörgen Gummeson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 43rd match minute, Manchester United FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Juha Kopelmo to maneuver through the defense. Jörgen Gummeson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paavo Salmela in the 48th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Paavo Salmela to strike the kick off in the second half. Juha Jokiranta didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Karl-Åke Sandell went, in the 53rd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Karl-Åke Sandell fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Juha Jokiranta having to interfere. 63 minutes into the match, Manchester United FC's goal looked a bit too open when Jens-Ola Nordin came free, but Juha Jokiranta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 66 played minutes Manchester United FC got a freekick which was hit by Juha Kopelmo. Juha Jokiranta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernt Nordmark, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. After 70 played minutes Manchester United FC got a freekick which was hit by Kustaa Vappula. Manchester United FC's Rasmus Viljanen was substituted for Kustaa Vappula. Kustaa Vappula hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Paavo Salmela got free with Jörgen Gummeson in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Garphyttan's Jörgen Gummeson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save Garphyttan from getting a goal against them. Juha Jokiranta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernt Nordmark in the 77th minute of the match. Juha Jokiranta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karl-Åke Sandell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Paavo Salmela managed to get in a good position for a shot. Manchester United FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Paavo Salmela was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jörgen Gummeson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 87th minute, Bernt Nordmark left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Garphyttan fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. In the 91st minute, Jesus Arce made a precise shot to the right of Juha Jokiranta. Manchester United FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Garphyttan had won after a very even match.