U23 World League

Richter Arena
Spectators: 7344 (Terracing: 5621, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 0) Knut Odin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lajos Kossuth in the 3rd minute of the match. Torsten Haström hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Mátyás Benke's late challenge caught a The Wild Bunch's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mátyás Benke helped the player get up and apologised. Mátyás Benke hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. 10 minutes into the game, Várdomb's Lajos Kossuth nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Knut Odin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Knut Odin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mátyás Benke in the 13th minute of play. Knut Odin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lajos Kossuth, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as The Wild Bunch's Fred Smedfeldt slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Juste Gilmore. That made the score 1-1 after 16 minutes of play. Várdomb's Juste Gilmore played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fred Smedfeldt in the 20th minute of play. A collision led to The Wild Bunch getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Axel Boberg hit a great ball. A collision led to The Wild Bunch getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Per-Olof Haström hit a great ball. In the 27th minute of the match Bálint Tulipán shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Knut Odin showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. If Rasmus Ståhlberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Knut Odin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andor Pécsi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Torsten Haström hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. Knut Odin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mátyás Benke, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Knut Odin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bálint Tulipán went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. The audience was convinced that Mátyás Benke's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Knut Odin was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. The Wild Bunch's Knut Odin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bálint Tulipán in the 40th minute of play. Knut Odin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mátyás Benke in the 42nd minute of the match. In the 42nd minute, Ingvar Tholsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Knut Odin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mátyás Benke, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. After the first half Várdomb were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lajos Kossuth to make the kick off. In the 54th minute Lajos Kossuth shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Knut Odin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 58 minutes of play, Várdomb's Lajos Kossuth made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Knut Odin was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 62nd minute, Axel Boberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Knut Odin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lajos Kossuth in the 63rd minute of the match. Knut Odin made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Mátyás Benke sent off a good shot on target. 66 minutes in the game, Lajos Kossuth fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Knut Odin having to interfere. The attack was good, but when Mátyás Benke in the 66th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. In the 73rd minute Lajos Kossuth shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Knut Odin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Knut Odin made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Mátyás Benke sent off a good shot on target. Endre Zádor received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Knut Odin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mátyás Benke could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Knut Odin made a huge save. Knut Odin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mátyás Benke in the 82nd minute. The Wild Bunch's Knut Odin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 93rd minute of the match, managed to save The Wild Bunch from getting a goal against them. The Wild Bunch's Knut Odin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bálint Tulipán in the 94th minute of play. Knut Odin was out of position in the 95 minute of play, and Andor Pécsi capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Andor Pécsi really showed his touch with that goal: 1-6.