U23 World League

Stora Valla
Spectators: 7598 (Terracing: 5700, Seating: 1747, VIP seats: 151) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Paulinho Guará kicked off to start the match. Håkan Botvidsson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Paulinho Guará's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. 4 minutes into the match, Henrik Hedenskog notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of IFK Kik's Håkan Botvidsson. Håkan Botvidsson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 7 minutes into the match, Ocean´s Eleven's Albin Tingberg sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Håkan Botvidsson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 8 minutes into the game, Ocean´s Eleven's Paulinho Guará nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Håkan Botvidsson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. After 23 minutes of play, IFK Kik's Sixten Lund made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sven-Olof Örtendal was left in no man's land by his defense there! 25 minutes into the match, IFK Kik's goal looked a bit too open when Paulinho Guará came free, but Håkan Botvidsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Håkan Botvidsson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Paulinho Guará's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. 28 minutes into the match, Paulinho Guará notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of IFK Kik's Håkan Botvidsson. Håkan Botvidsson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 31 minutes into the match, IFK Kik's goal looked a bit too open when Henrik Hedenskog came free, but Håkan Botvidsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 35th minute Albin Tingberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Håkan Botvidsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Håkan Botvidsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulinho Guará in the 37th minute of play. Henrik Hedenskog took the ball and in the 38 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Håkan Botvidsson. Håkan Botvidsson dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-4. 42 minutes into the match, IFK Kik's goal looked a bit too open when Paulinho Guará came free, but Håkan Botvidsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulinho Guará in the 44th minute of play forced IFK Kik's goalkeeper Håkan Botvidsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sixten Lund to make the kick off. If Albin Tingberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match clock showed 57 minutes, the score became 1-5 when Paulinho Guará sped through IFK Kik's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Håkan Botvidsson. Alf Svartengren's late challenge caught a Ocean´s Eleven's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alf Svartengren helped the player get up and apologised. IFK Kik's Håkan Botvidsson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save IFK Kik from getting a goal against them. Ocean´s Eleven's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Henrik Hedenskog in the 63rd minute. Ocean´s Eleven's Henrik Hedenskog was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Håkan Botvidsson in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Henrik Hedenskog didn't miss a given chance and shot in short distance 1-6 via right post in the game's 68th minute. Ocean´s Eleven's supporters showed their exhuberating excitement! The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Matthias Haeger during the 75th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, IFK Kik's Matthias Haeger got a free kick in the 75th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Henrik Hedenskog managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ocean´s Eleven's supporters rose to their feet, but Henrik Hedenskog was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Håkan Botvidsson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Håkan Botvidsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Albin Tingberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A hard shot 87 in the game by Paulinho Guará from a close distance when the talented Håkan Botvidsson managed to make a qualified save. IFK Kik's players were relieved. IFK Kik's Ludwig Överman got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Through an outstanding action, after 95 minutes, Håkan Botvidsson successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Ocean´s Eleven's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.