U18 League

Örgyte IS arena
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Conny Widberg got the match started through his kick off. When the match clock showed 10 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Bengt Abrahamsson sped through Eleven Nation Army's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Joakim Lilja. After 13 minutes, Conny Widberg mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Eleven Nation Army and the Sledgehammer KO players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 13th match minute, Eleven Nation Army was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Conny Widberg to maneuver through the defense. With his leg Joakim Lilja managed to avoid a goal in the 15thth minute, when Sledgehammer KO's Bengt Abrahamsson fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Bengt Abrahamsson who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 15thth minute tested the skills of Joakim Lilja when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After 21 played minutes Sledgehammer KO got a freekick which was hit by Torbjörn Uggstedt. In the 24th minute, Patrik Lindqvist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Sledgehammer KO's Gottfrid Ivarsson got a free kick in the 29th minute. After 33 played minutes Bengt Abrahamsson rounded Eleven Nation Army's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bengt Abrahamsson in the 39th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Joakim Lilja saved Eleven Nation Army from getting behind. In the 44th minute, Conny Widberg ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sonny Holm was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Bengt Abrahamsson made the kick off in the second half. Jan Myr hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Bengt Abrahamsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Joakim Lilja was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. In the 59th match minute, Eleven Nation Army was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Holger Brovall to maneuver through the defense. In the 61st minute Conny Widberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sonny Holm saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bengt Abrahamsson in the 63rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Joakim Lilja prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Joakim Lilja made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bengt Abrahamsson in the 65th minute of play. Gösta Vallman charged in rather forcefully in the 69th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gösta Vallman the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 69 played minutes Eleven Nation Army got a freekick which was hit by Gösta Vallman. After a defensive mix-up in Eleven Nation Army's zone, Gustav Sundberg stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Joakim Lilja came out of the goal and Gustav Sundberg tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Eleven Nation Army's Patrik Lindqvist got a free kick in the 71st minute. After having played for 72 minutes, Gustav Sundberg managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sledgehammer KO's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gustav Sundberg was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 73rd minute, Gottfrid Ivarsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 76 minutes into the match, Bengt Abrahamsson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Joakim Lilja. Eleven Nation Army's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bengt Abrahamsson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. After 79 minutes of play, Sledgehammer KO's Pontus Törnqvist made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Joakim Lilja was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 83rd minute, Henry Gustafsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 96thth minute of the game Bengt Abrahamsson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Eleven Nation Army's Joakim Lilja was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. For all the effort they put into the match, the Eleven Nation Army players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Sledgehammer KO.