U18 League

Yankee Stadium
Spectators: 177 (Terracing: 133, Seating: 41, VIP seats: 3) Zlatan sucks's Tor Dahlberg started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 2nd match minute, Zlatan sucks was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonathan Abrahamsson to maneuver through the defense. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Christoffer Vesterberg during the 7th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Älta BK's Christoffer Vesterberg got a free kick in the 7th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tor Dahlberg in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hjalmar Hedvall saved Älta BK from getting behind. After 14 minutes, Jens-Ove Wallengren mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Zlatan sucks and the Älta BK players grew even worse after the yellow card. Jens-Ove Wallengren kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Lars-Erik Brogren blasted a shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ludwig Smitt having to make a save. Sonny Ek took the ball and in the 21 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ludwig Smitt. Ludwig Smitt dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Jim Stephansson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 27th minute Jim Stephansson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ludwig Smitt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Älta BK's Hjalmar Hedvall got control of the ball when Tor Dahlberg tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 35th minute, Zlatan sucks's Jonathan Abrahamsson dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. Älta BK were furious when Philip Strömberg was red carded, 44 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 43rd minute, one of Älta BK:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Älta BK. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The audience was convinced that Carl Bergman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hjalmar Hedvall was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. In the 64th minute, Christoffer Vesterberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 66 played minutes Älta BK got a freekick which was hit by Christoffer Vesterberg. After a defensive mix-up in Älta BK's zone, Tor Dahlberg stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hjalmar Hedvall came out of the goal and Tor Dahlberg tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Thanks to some nice moves Jim Stephansson could shoot a difficult shot in the 70th minute, which Ludwig Smitt however easily saved by the left post. Hjalmar Hedvall took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonathan Abrahamsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Lars-Erik Brogren managed to get in a good position for a shot. Älta BK's supporters rose to their feet, but Lars-Erik Brogren was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ludwig Smitt breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Hjalmar Hedvall took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carl Bergman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 88th minute of the match Zlatan sucks got a corner. Älta BK's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Roger Ekström ran over to the corner to take the kick. If Jonathan Abrahamsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Alexander Öberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Zlatan sucks fans cheered their team off the field, for while Älta BK had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.