U18 League

Old Trafford
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) When Jimmie Eckegren fell near the penalty area in the 6th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Preator Edikt's protests and gave Jimmie Eckegren a yellow card for diving instead. In the 7th minute, Jimmie Eckegren hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Here Comes the Hammer's Leo Norström got a free kick in the 7th minute. After 11 played minutes Here Comes the Hammer got a freekick which was hit by Allan Ahlgren. Olof Östman scored 0-1 in the 12th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sverker Mellbad, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jens-Ove Ambjörnsson in the 16th minute of play forced Here Comes the Hammer's goalkeeper Sverker Mellbad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 18th match minute, Preator Edikt was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jimmie Eckegren to maneuver through the defense. Joseph Cane received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Reine Pettersson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Fritz Vedholm fell near the penalty area in the 28th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Here Comes the Hammer's protests and gave Fritz Vedholm a yellow card for diving instead. Sverker Mellbad didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Olof Östman went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Nils-Erik Sundberg recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 34th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Joseph Cane managed to get in a good position for a shot. Here Comes the Hammer's supporters rose to their feet, but Joseph Cane was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Reine Pettersson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Reine Pettersson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joseph Cane, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Here Comes the Hammer's Sverker Mellbad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nils-Erik Sundberg in the 47th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Olof Östman was the one to do the kick off. The audience was convinced that Olof Östman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sverker Mellbad was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. Preator Edikt's Reine Pettersson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joseph Cane in the 54th minute of play. In the 63rd match minute, Here Comes the Hammer was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roy Hellkvist to maneuver through the defense. In the 64th minute of the match Malcolm Deckberg sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Sverker Mellbad skillfully saved the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Olof Östman in the 65th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sverker Mellbad prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jens-Ove Ambjörnsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 69 minutes into the match, Here Comes the Hammer's goalkeeper Sverker Mellbad had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jens-Ove Ambjörnsson. Preator Edikt's Olof Östman got a good chance for a goal in the 70th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 77 minutes of play Preator Edikt's Jimmie Eckegren was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Reine Pettersson came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by Here Comes the Hammer's Fritz Vedholm. But to his dismay, Fritz Vedholm quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. In the 84th minute Fritz Vedholm shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Reine Pettersson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 96 minutes of play, Here Comes the Hammer's Joseph Cane made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Reine Pettersson was left in no man's land by his defense there!