U23 World League

Devils Playground
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Bertil Åström kicked off to start the match. 6 minutes into the game, Zero Hedge's Bertil Åström nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Francisc Trăilă made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Francisc Trăilă made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfred Österberg in the 13th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bertil Åström got free with Francisc Trăilă in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Arman Sjögren during the 16th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Arman Sjögren hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. A collision led to Zero Hedge getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Per-Arne Broberg hit a great ball. In the 18th minute, Basarab Logofeteanu got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 20th minute Bertil Åström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Francisc Trăilă saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 23rd minute, Zero Hedge's Bertil Åström ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Francisc Trăilă. Francisc Trăilă yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. In the 26th minute, Bertil Åström left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Zero Hedge fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Bertil Åström could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Francisc Trăilă made a huge save. Francisc Trăilă showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bertil Åström in the 38th minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Eduard Panciu to strike the kick off in the second half. Per-Arne Broberg kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. Bertil Åström scored 4-0 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Francisc Trăilă, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Francisc Trăilă made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfred Österberg in the 58th minute of play. Francisc Trăilă took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bertil Åström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Zero Hedge getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Alfred Österberg hit a great ball. If Bertil Åström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bertil Åström in the 70th minute of play forced Romanian Gods™'s goalkeeper Francisc Trăilă to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bertil Åström took the ball and in the 73 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Francisc Trăilă. Francisc Trăilă dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. Francisc Trăilă showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alfred Österberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Bertil Åström scored 6-0 in the 80th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Francisc Trăilă, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bertil Åström in the 86th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Francisc Trăilă prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Romanian Gods™'s Francisc Trăilă played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bertil Åström in the 91st minute of play. Zero Hedge were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Romanian Gods™ for a fine match.