U23 World League

Rocco Stadium
Spectators: 7620 (Terracing: 5716, Seating: 1752, VIP seats: 152) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Emil Trulsson took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 6 minutes, Emil Trulsson made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Team Rocco's Marcus Klint tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Marcus Klint showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eugeniusz Cichewski in the 9th minute of the match. A collision led to Team Rocco getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Per-Oskar Njurenius hit a great ball. In the 10th minute of the match Frans Koopmans sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Marcus Klint skillfully saved the ball. A collision led to IFK Gladdarna getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Cam Bahč hit a great ball. Kurt Ekberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lennart Abrahamsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. A collision led to IFK Gladdarna getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Cam Bahč hit a great ball. Lennart Abrahamsson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Kurt Ekberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lennart Abrahamsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A nice corner shot did that Roland Trillkott got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Kurt Ekberg quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 23 minutes into the game, Eugeniusz Cichewski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Marcus Klint was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Marcus Klint showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emil Trulsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. After 30 minutes of play, IFK Gladdarna's Emil Trulsson made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcus Klint was left in no man's land by his defense there! Kurt Ekberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lennart Abrahamsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. In the 34th minute, Jack Andberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 34 minutes of play, IFK Gladdarna's Emil Trulsson made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcus Klint was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 45 minutes, Roland Trillkott mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Team Rocco and the IFK Gladdarna players grew even worse after the yellow card. Roland Trillkott hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lennart Abrahamsson to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Team Rocco's goalkeeper Marcus Klint had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Emil Trulsson. 56 minutes into the match, Team Rocco's goal looked a bit too open when Eugeniusz Cichewski came free, but Marcus Klint reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcus Klint showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cam Bahč in the 59th minute of the match. In the 61st minute of the match IFK Gladdarna got a corner. Team Rocco's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Frans Koopmans ran over to the corner to take the kick. After a rather tough play, IFK Gladdarna's Cam Bahč got a free kick in the 61st minute. After a rather tough play, IFK Gladdarna's Cam Bahč got a free kick in the 63rd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Eugeniusz Cichewski managed to get in a good position for a shot. IFK Gladdarna's supporters rose to their feet, but Eugeniusz Cichewski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcus Klint breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. IFK Gladdarna made a substitution. Kyle Walker replaced Robert Petersson. In the 75th match minute, Team Rocco was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Per-Oskar Njurenius to maneuver through the defense. When Eugeniusz Cichewski came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the IFK Gladdarna fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Eugeniusz Cichewski couldn't finish the play. If Emil Trulsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Emil Trulsson who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 79thth minute tested the skills of Marcus Klint when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The supporters of IFK Gladdarna booed when Team Rocco was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jack Andberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marcus Klint made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Emil Trulsson sent off a good shot on target. IFK Gladdarna's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Urbasa Sirvent in the 82nd minute. It was a well-played corner which Cam Bahč managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Jack Andberg kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Team Rocco defense, Emil Trulsson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marcus Klint. The Team Rocco fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marcus Klint should have stopped the shot. IFK Gladdarna's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.