U18 League

Norrköpings Parken
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Bukayo Borglin kicked off to start the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Marcus Forssberg kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Malcolm Hansson. That made the score 1-0 in the 4 minute of play. 7 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when IKS Norrköping's Hampus Vallin fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Jonny Petersson charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jonny Petersson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Jonny Petersson kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. Timmy Wester received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Henrik Tingberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marcus Forssberg took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Malcolm Hansson. Malcolm Hansson dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Rolf Nyman hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. 24 minutes into the game, Torsten Holmgren was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. IKS Norrköping's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ghost Hunters the free kick. The supporters of Ghost Hunters booed when IKS Norrköping was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Torsten Holmgren didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 25 played minutes, Ghost Hunters's Sixten Julin shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Henrik Tingberg came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Ghost Hunters reached it. Malcolm Hansson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcus Forssberg in the 26th minute of play. In the 29th play minute Marcus Forssberg came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Malcolm Hansson. 3-0. Henrik Tingberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Timmy Wester, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Malcolm Hansson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcus Forssberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 37th minute, George Berg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Ghost Hunters's Malcolm Hansson got control of the ball when Marcus Forssberg tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, IKS Norrköping's Morgan Ek got a free kick in the 43rd minute. After 47 minutes, Timmy Wester mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ghost Hunters and the IKS Norrköping players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 47th minute, Timmy Wester hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Marcus Forssberg stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jonny Petersson kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. Henrik Tingberg acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 51st minute, took the ball on the long shot from Sixten Julin. IKS Norrköping's Henrik Tingberg proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save IKS Norrköping from getting a goal against them. Henrik Tingberg stood somewhat misplaced when Bengt-Rune Rudkvist came free in front of goal and shot 4-1 to the left of him in the 58 minute. A collision led to Ghost Hunters getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Jimmie Löfskog hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Ghost Hunters's zone, Morgan Ek stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Malcolm Hansson came out of the goal and Morgan Ek tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Malcolm Hansson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcus Forssberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 69 played minutes Bukayo Borglin rounded IKS Norrköping's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 4-2. Uno Åström's late challenge caught a IKS Norrköping's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Uno Åström helped the player get up and apologised. Uno Åström hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Malcolm Hansson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hampus Vallin, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. After a rather tough play, IKS Norrköping's Torsten Holmgren got a free kick in the 84th minute. Malcolm Hansson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcus Forssberg in the 88th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcus Forssberg in the 90th minute of play forced Ghost Hunters's goalkeeper Malcolm Hansson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Ghost Hunters's zone, Hampus Vallin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Malcolm Hansson came out of the goal and Hampus Vallin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 95th minute, Marcus Forssberg ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Malcolm Hansson was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-3. IKS Norrköping walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.