U18 League

Tolvan
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Philip Hedvall started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute, George Ström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Markus Albäck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonardo Sjöberg in the 5th minute of the match. In the 11th match minute, Nye was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Erik Hamberg to maneuver through the defense. In the 15th minute, Per Västerstrand ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hampus Sjöberg was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Sjötorp IF's Leonardo Sjöberg slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Markus Albäck. That made the score 1-1 after 18 minutes of play. Markus Albäck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from George Ström in the 21st minute of the match. Markus Albäck came out of the goal in the 23rd minute to try and stop a shot by Sjötorp IF's Torbjörn Sjöberg. But to his dismay, Torbjörn Sjöberg quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. 26 minutes into the match, Leonardo Sjöberg dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Markus Albäck, 3-1. 29 minutes into the match, Henric Nordström notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of Sjötorp IF's Hampus Sjöberg. Hampus Sjöberg was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Per Västerstrand's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hampus Sjöberg was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. Markus Albäck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from George Ström in the 34th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Sjötorp IF's Leonardo Sjöberg slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Markus Albäck. That made the score 4-2 after 38 minutes of play. In the 42nd minute of the match, Torbjörn Sjöberg got a very nice opportunity to score, but Markus Albäck was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The crowd rose to their feet as Leonardo Sjöberg kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Markus Albäck. That made the score 5-2 in the 44 minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-2. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 53rd minute Leonardo Sjöberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Markus Albäck saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Markus Albäck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonardo Sjöberg in the 55th minute of the match. Sivert Josefsson's late challenge caught a Sjötorp IF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sivert Josefsson helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Sjötorp IF booed when Nye was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sivert Josefsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Markus Albäck showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonardo Sjöberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Leonardo Sjöberg in the 59th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Markus Albäck prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Markus Albäck came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by Sjötorp IF's Leonardo Sjöberg. But to his dismay, Leonardo Sjöberg quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-2. 64 minutes into the game, Nye's Per Västerstrand nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hampus Sjöberg made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-3. Nye's Markus Albäck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by George Ström in the 76th minute of play. 79 minutes into the match, Nye's goal looked a bit too open when George Ström came free, but Markus Albäck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hampus Sjöberg made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Per Västerstrand sent off a good shot on target. 82 minutes into the match, Leonardo Sjöberg notched a goal, 8-3, to the right of Nye's Markus Albäck. Markus Albäck was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Markus Albäck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonardo Sjöberg in the 88th minute of play. George Ström scored 9-3 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Markus Albäck, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Nye's Markus Albäck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Torbjörn Sjöberg in the 93rd minute of play. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Sjötorp IF had played much better football throughout.