U23 World League

Plush Arena
Spectators: 7536 (Terracing: 5653, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Károly Tolnay got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mateusz Madej in the 4th minute of play forced Bograngen's goalkeeper Carl Ambjörnsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind FA Sandtown's goalkeeper Ryszard Gecionis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Károly Tolnay kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. In the 11th minute, Frans Berg left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Bograngen fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. If Lucjan Serwach had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bograngen were furious when Ove Berg was red carded, 20 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The referee gave FA Sandtown a penalty, 22 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Michal Zdeb, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Bograngen's Carl Ambjörnsson. 1-1. In the 29th minute, Vidar Soned left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Bograngen fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. After 35 minutes of play, FA Sandtown's Károly Tolnay made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Carl Ambjörnsson was left in no man's land by his defense there! Frans Berg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Ryszard Gecionis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frans Berg in the 45th minute of play forced FA Sandtown's goalkeeper Ryszard Gecionis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 2-2 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Vidar Soned to make the kick off. Lucjan Watarz's late challenge caught a Bograngen's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lucjan Watarz helped the player get up and apologised. Lucjan Watarz hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Ryszard Gecionis came out of the goal in the 54th minute to try and stop a shot by Bograngen's Frans Berg. But to his dismay, Frans Berg quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Károly Tolnay in the 57th minute of play forced Bograngen's goalkeeper Carl Ambjörnsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Carl Ambjörnsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Florian Huratiak, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Bengt-Arne Olsson kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Bograngen's Frans Berg slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ryszard Gecionis. That made the score 2-4 after 65 minutes of play. In the 69th minute, Zygmunt Wos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, FA Sandtown's Ryszard Gecionis got control of the ball when Frans Berg tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 78th minute, Vidar Soned left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Bograngen fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-5. With 83 minutes on the clock, Lucjan Watarz commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Lucjan Watarz hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. 85 minutes into the match, FA Sandtown's goalkeeper Ryszard Gecionis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zinedine Zidan. Carl Ambjörnsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florian Huratiak in the 94th minute of the match. When the final whistle sounded Bograngen left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than FA Sandtown.