U23 World League

Öllsjö Park
Spectators: 7451 (Terracing: 5590, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Thomas Gunnarsson made the kick off which started today's match. In the 2nd match minute, Öllsjö FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kenny Törnqvist to maneuver through the defense. In the 3rd minute Jesper Håkansson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wictor Kjellbom saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Öllsjö FC's Wictor Kjellbom played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thomas Gunnarsson in the 9th minute of play. Jörgen Dalkvist might have been able to make a better finish in the 17th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Alfons Zander. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jörgen Dalkvist ran back to his position shaking his head. Herbert Ekegren had several of the Sunkens Surtröjor's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 18 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 1-0 score and a disappointed Alfons Zander as he didn't even see the shot coming. Jörgen Dalkvist's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 20thth minute, Alfons Zander skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Öllsjö FC's Herbert Ekegren slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Alfons Zander. That made the score 2-0 after 22 minutes of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Valentin Uggla during the 34th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Herbert Ekegren to make the kick off. Sunkens Surtröjor's Alfons Zander played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sverker Åberg in the 52nd minute of play. Wictor Kjellbom made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jesper Håkansson in the 56th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Thomas Gunnarsson got free with Wictor Kjellbom in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Alfons Zander made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Herbert Ekegren in the 64th minute of play. In the 66th minute, Malte Gerdberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 68th minute, Herbert Ekegren made a precise shot to the right of Alfons Zander. Sunkens Surtröjor's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. Wictor Kjellbom made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Thomas Gunnarsson sent off a good shot on target. After 78 minutes of play, Öllsjö FC's Sverker Åberg made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alfons Zander was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Jesper Håkansson fell near the penalty area in the 84th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sunkens Surtröjor's protests and gave Jesper Håkansson a yellow card for diving instead. In the 84th match minute, Sunkens Surtröjor was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jesper Håkansson to maneuver through the defense. Alfons Zander made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Åke Fernkvist in the 85th minute of play. Öllsjö FC's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Jesper Håkansson 87 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 5-1. Herbert Ekegren fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alfons Zander having to interfere. Öllsjö FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.