U23 World League

BENAVALLEN
Spectators: 7542 (Terracing: 5658, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joacim Strömbom got the match started through his kick off. In the 5thth minute of the game Jimmie Vibjörnsson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but BENA FK's Gaspar Leheren was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Jan Mager made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joacim Strömbom in the 11th minute of play. After 11 minutes of play, BENA FK's Joacim Strömbom made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jan Mager was left in no man's land by his defense there! Aaron Westerberg hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Henric Wållander hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Oliver Brovall hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. In the 27th minute Jimmie Vibjörnsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gaspar Leheren saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jimmie Vibjörnsson in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gaspar Leheren saved BENA FK from getting behind. BENA FK's Gaspar Leheren played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jimmie Vibjörnsson in the 30th minute of play. A collision led to BENA FK getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Per-Oskar Ekeroth hit a great ball. Gaspar Leheren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jimmie Vibjörnsson in the 38th minute of the match. If Jimmie Vibjörnsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Brutal DeLuxe's Jan Mager played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joacim Strömbom in the 44th minute of play. Jimmie Vibjörnsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jimmie Vibjörnsson was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ludvig Söderquist in the 62nd minute of play forced Brutal DeLuxe's goalkeeper Jan Mager to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 62 played minutes Brutal DeLuxe got a freekick which was hit by Henric Lövkvist. Gaspar Leheren came out of the goal in the 67th minute to try and stop a shot by Brutal DeLuxe's Jimmie Vibjörnsson. But to his dismay, Jimmie Vibjörnsson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Jimmie Vibjörnssons short, quick shot in the 72ndth minute got Gaspar Leheren to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Jimmie Vibjörnsson had several of the BENA FK's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 72 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-2 score and a disappointed Gaspar Leheren as he didn't even see the shot coming. After a rather tough play, BENA FK's Ludvig Söderquist got a free kick in the 79th minute. Jan Mager took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joacim Strömbom, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 88 minutes into the match, Brutal DeLuxe's Jimmie Vibjörnsson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gaspar Leheren narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 90th minute Brutal DeLuxe were awarded a corner. Oliver Brovall went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to Brutal DeLuxe's Henric Lövkvist getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. After 92 played minutes BENA FK got a freekick which was hit by Tommy Palm. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Brutal DeLuxe eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.