U23 World League

苏州奥体中心
Spectators: 7450 (Terracing: 5589, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jan Jansson started the match with the kick off. André Gustafsson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Felix Braddell in the 3rd minute. After a rather tough play, Oskars Glada Gäng's Gottfrid Fredriksson got a free kick in the 4th minute. André Gustafsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tan Sim in the 5th minute of play. In the 7th match minute, Oskars Glada Gäng was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Börje Hammarström to maneuver through the defense. In the 8th minute, Mark Ee hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jithu Nagasaki during the 9th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Jithu Nagasaki hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jan Jansson in the 13th minute of play forced 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's goalkeeper Afiq Hongyi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 17th minute, Sean Yip hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. André Gustafsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexander Tan in the 23rd minute of the match. Fu Shu Xuan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Afiq Hongyi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Afiq Hongyi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jan Jansson in the 28th minute of play. Afiq Hongyi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Börje Hammarström, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. In the 32nd match minute, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arif Kool to maneuver through the defense. Mark Ee could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but André Gustafsson made a huge save. Afiq Hongyi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Börje Hammarström in the 39th minute of the match. In the 42nd minute Alexander Tan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but André Gustafsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tommy Örtlund hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Alexander Tan to strike the kick off in the second half. Afiq Hongyi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sven Broman in the 55th minute. In the 56th minute, Jan Jansson reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Afiq Hongyi. The goal made the score 0-1. Afiq Hongyi was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Fu Shu Xuan showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-2 in the 59 minute of play. During the 65th minute of the match Börje Hammarström completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Börje Hammarström a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Börje Hammarström hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Alexander Tan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. André Gustafsson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 69 minutes into the match, Oskars Glada Gäng's goal looked a bit too open when Jonathan Hock came free, but André Gustafsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. André Gustafsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexander Tan, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. André Gustafsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonathan Hock in the 78th minute of the match. Sven Broman in the 79thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Afiq Hongyi, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After some careless play in the 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 defense, Fu Shu Xuan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Afiq Hongyi. The 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Afiq Hongyi should have stopped the shot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alexander Tan in the 85th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck André Gustafsson prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 87th minute Jonathan Hock shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but André Gustafsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Oskars Glada Gäng getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Gottfrid Fredriksson hit a great ball. 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Felix Braddell got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Alfred Björklund kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Oskars Glada Gäng's André Gustafsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonathan Hock in the 95th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Oskars Glada Gäng's Sven Broman got a free kick in the 96th minute. The Oskars Glada Gäng players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.