U18 League

Gladde-ArenA
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. With a little luck, Nye's Markus Albäck got control of the ball when Patrik Säf tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 4th minute, Kristian Bålström reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Markus Albäck. The goal made the score 1-0. Edgar Svensson received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Markus Albäck came out and tried to block the shot, but Edgar Svensson slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 7th minute. In the 11th minute Kim Björklund shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elliot Lindström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Markus Albäck didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edgar Svensson went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. In the 22nd minute, Kalle Lidman made a precise shot to the right of Markus Albäck. Nye's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. In the 25th minute, Edgar Svensson fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Markus Albäck, passed just outside the right post. In the 27th minute of the match, Kristian Bålström tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Markus Albäck saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Nye's Markus Albäck proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save Nye from getting a goal against them. Markus Albäck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kristian Bålström in the 35th minute of play. Kalle Boberg hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. In the 38th minute, Kristian Bålström reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Markus Albäck. The goal made the score 5-0. In the 45th minute of the match, Kalle Lidman 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. Af the end of the first half the score was 6-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Edgar Svensson to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Kalle Lidman left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The IFK Gladdarna fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0. Markus Albäck took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kristian Bålström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Nye's zone, Edgar Svensson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Markus Albäck came out of the goal and Edgar Svensson 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, IFK Gladdarna's Bertil Bryngelsson got a free kick in the 59th minute. In the 60th minute of the match Erik Hamberg sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Elliot Lindström skillfully saved the ball. 63 minutes into the match, Kristian Bålström notched a goal, 8-0, 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 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kalle Lidman in the 68th minute of the match. Bertil Bryngelsson kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Philip Hedvall's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Elliot Lindström was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. A collision led to IFK Gladdarna getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Patrik Säf hit a great ball. Nye's Markus Albäck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kalle Lidman in the 82nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kalle Lidman in the 84th minute of play forced Nye's goalkeeper Markus Albäck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 86th minute, Bror Paulin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Markus Albäck was frozen by the shot and now it was 10-0. 92 minutes into the match, Nye's goal looked a bit too open when Kalle Lidman came free, but Markus Albäck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Per Västerstrand got free with Elliot Lindström in the 98th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. IFK Gladdarna had played much better football throughout.