U23 World League

Dallens Arena
Spectators: 7688 (Terracing: 5767, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 153) Zlatan Beck started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When Stig-Åke Wiklund fell near the penalty area in the 2nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Dallen Fc's protests and gave Stig-Åke Wiklund a yellow card for diving instead. When the match had gone on for 4 minutes, Algot Kruse took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Didi Gonçalves to make any attempt to save it. Didi Gonçalves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Algot Kruse, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 10th match minute, Nagrand was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Afiz Hee to maneuver through the defense. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by Nagrand's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mattias Swahn was slow to take the kick. During this time Dallen Fc's players had a chance to rest. Mattias Swahn sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Zak Choy's late challenge caught a Dallen Fc's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zak Choy helped the player get up and apologised. If Didi Kool had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Didi Gonçalves stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Claes Olenberg's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. Azam Tan's late challenge caught a Dallen Fc's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Azam Tan helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Nagrand's Azam Tan got a free kick in the 24th minute. In the 25th minute of the match Casper Eriksson sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Didi Gonçalves skillfully saved the ball. In the 30th minute Algot Kruse shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Didi Gonçalves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dallen Fc's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Mattias Swahn in the 31st minute. Jim Jonasson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Didi Gonçalves made a huge save. Zlatan Beck could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Didi Gonçalves made a huge save. In the 38th minute Azam Tan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nils Eklund saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jim Jonasson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 42 minutes of play, Dallen Fc's Algot Kruse made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Didi Gonçalves was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 46th minute Jim Jonasson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Didi Gonçalves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 48 minutes, Didi Gonçalves successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post.

The wind increased when Joel Teo made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Arman Örnberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Didi Gonçalves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Algot Kruse in the 53rd minute of play. Zak Choy got his second yellow card in the match during the 56th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Zak Choy kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. Dallen Fc's Mattias Swahn couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 58th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Nagrand. In the 59th minute Zlatan Beck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Didi Gonçalves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gabriel Mathews during the 64th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Mattias Swahn blasted a shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Didi Gonçalves having to make a save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Algot Kruse in the 71st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Didi Gonçalves prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 74 minutes into the match, Nagrand's goal looked a bit too open when Jim Jonasson came free, but Didi Gonçalves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Nagrand booed when Dallen Fc was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arman Örnberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dallen Fc's Johan Mellberg was substituted for Bo-Erik Nyström. The supporters of Nagrand booed when Dallen Fc was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arman Örnberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. Azam Tan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 79th minute of the game. One of Dallen Fc:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Nagrand:s goal. When the match had been going on for 80 minutes, Nagrand's Joel Teo 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 Nils Eklund. Didi Gonçalves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mattias Swahn in the 86th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jim Jonasson in the 88th minute of play forced Nagrand's goalkeeper Didi Gonçalves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 94 played minutes Nagrand got a freekick which was hit by Joel Teo. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Dallen Fc had played much better football throughout.