U23 World League

Hammer Stadion
Spectators: 7633 (Terracing: 5726, Seating: 1755, VIP seats: 152) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Kent Rang got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute Roy Danielsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kent Delin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Jan-Erik Larsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kent Delin was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. Kent Delin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jan-Erik Larsson in the 5th minute of play. Sävedalen's Zebastian Göransson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bengt Stålman in the 10th minute of play. In the 11th minute, Jan-Erik Larsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mountainhammer United's Gabriel Kjellbom shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 11th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Zebastian Göransson but with some difficulty. The crowd rose to their feet as Mountainhammer United's Rudolf Pihlberg slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Zebastian Göransson. That made the score 1-0 after 12 minutes of play. Kent Delin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jan-Erik Larsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 17 minutes, Rudolf Pihlberg mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mountainhammer United and the Sävedalen players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 17 played minutes Mountainhammer United got a freekick which was hit by Rudolf Pihlberg. Kent Delin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roy Danielsson in the 18th minute of the match. After 19 played minutes Mountainhammer United got a freekick which was hit by Rudolf Pihlberg. Zebastian Göransson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bengt Stålman in the 23rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hannes Johansson in the 25th minute of play forced Mountainhammer United's goalkeeper Kent Delin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Mountainhammer United booed when Sävedalen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ian Vallengren didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mountainhammer United's Mathias Olofsson shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 26th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Zebastian Göransson but with some difficulty. 30 minutes into the match, Jan-Erik Larsson notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Mountainhammer United's Kent Delin. Kent Delin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpected shot in the 33rd minute by Harry Arvidsson got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Mountainhammer United's Kent Rang slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Zebastian Göransson. That made the score 2-1 after 34 minutes of play. Zebastian Göransson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kent Rang in the 40th minute of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jan-Erik Larsson to make the kick off. Kent Rang fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zebastian Göransson having to interfere. In the 55th minute, Roy Danielsson reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Kent Delin. The goal made the score 2-2. If Jan-Erik Larsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 62 played minutes Mountainhammer United got a freekick which was hit by Bengt Stålman. After 65 minutes, Bengt Stålman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mountainhammer United and the Sävedalen players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 65th minute, Bengt Stålman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jan-Erik Larsson got free with Kent Delin in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Sävedalen getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Christian Walroth hit a great ball. Sävedalen's Zebastian Göransson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kent Rang in the 71st minute of play. After 73 minutes of play, Mountainhammer United's Kent Rang made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zebastian Göransson was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 78th minute of the match Oscar Kock shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Zebastian Göransson showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Zebastian Göransson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Harry Arvidsson in the 80th minute of play. 82 minutes into the match, Sävedalen's goal looked a bit too open when Kent Rang came free, but Zebastian Göransson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonathan Tingberg in the 85th minute of play forced Mountainhammer United's goalkeeper Kent Delin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kent Delin was a little too slow when Jonathan Tingberg got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 85th minute. The score was now 3-3. Bengt Stålman hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. In the 91st minute, Roy Danielsson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kent Delin was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-4. After 93 played minutes Mountainhammer United got a freekick which was hit by Kent Rang. With a little luck, Mountainhammer United's Kent Delin got control of the ball when Hannes Johansson tried to sneak it across the goal line. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Sävedalen eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.