U23 World League

Faraway Field
Spectators: 7730 (Terracing: 5799, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Christijan Oorthuis got the match started through his kick off. In the 6th minute, Denny van den Berg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Nils-Åke Sjö came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the Lost Boys Sports Academy fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Nils-Åke Sjö couldn't finish the play. Iwan Terpstra hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Sten Sture showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christijan Oorthuis, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Sten Sture showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christijan Oorthuis in the 19th minute of the match. Lost Boys Sports Academy's attentive Simon Johansson managed to snatch the ball when Joost Blank made a throw-in in the 20th minute of the game. In the 24th minute, 宋宇博 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lost Boys Sports Academy's Karl Engström shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 26th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Edgard Rijaard but with some difficulty. Christijan Oorthuis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Sten Sture tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nils-Åke Sjö got free with Edgard Rijaard in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After recieving a nice pass, Lost Boys Sports Academy's Karl Engström tried to score from far away in the 44th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joakim Sandberg to make the kick off. Lost Boys Sports Academy's Vilgot Mårtensson managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Joost Blank in the 51 minute of the game. Nils-Åke Sjö's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Edgard Rijaard read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 54th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nils-Åke Sjö in the 56th minute of play forced Fc Benefica's goalkeeper Edgard Rijaard to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lost Boys Sports Academy's attentive Simon Johansson managed to snatch the ball when Joost Blank made a throw-in in the 58th minute of the game. Fc Benefica's Joost Blank managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Vilgot Mårtensson in the 59 minute of the game. In the 60th match minute, Fc Benefica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Denny van den Berg to maneuver through the defense. Lost Boys Sports Academy's attentive Vilgot Mårtensson managed to snatch the ball when Joost Blank made a throw-in in the 64th minute of the game. Lost Boys Sports Academy's Sten Sture played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christijan Oorthuis in the 70th minute of play. In the 73rd minute Joakim Sandberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edgard Rijaard saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Lost Boys Sports Academy's Karl Engström got a free kick in the 73rd minute. After 75 played minutes, Fc Benefica's Martin Ødegaard shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Sten Sture came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Fc Benefica reached it. The throw-in from Vilgot Mårtensson in the 81st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Fc Benefica's Joost Blank. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Joakim Sandberg in the 83rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Edgard Rijaard prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Edgard Rijaard came out of the goal in the 84th minute to try and stop a shot by Lost Boys Sports Academy's Joakim Sandberg. But to his dismay, Joakim Sandberg quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. When the referee ended the match the Lost Boys Sports Academy players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.