U18 League

Rullande Boll
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Adrian Låsberg took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 6 minutes of play, RullaBoll's Anton Nordlund made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rolf Lindgren was left in no man's land by his defense there! Kenneth Ålberg blasted a shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Rolf Lindgren having to make a save. Karl-Oskar Jonsson charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Karl-Oskar Jonsson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 12 played minutes Runa United got a freekick which was hit by Karl-Oskar Jonsson. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kenneth Ålberg in the 20th minute of play forced Runa United's goalkeeper Rolf Lindgren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lars Lindsten kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Runa United's Rolf Lindgren proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Runa United from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Runa United getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Leif Hedberg hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Anton Nordlund got free with Rolf Lindgren in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 30th match minute, Runa United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ingvar Alefors to maneuver through the defense. Rolf Lindgren made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Anton Nordlund sent off a good shot on target. 32 minutes into the match, Runa United's goalkeeper Rolf Lindgren had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jimmy Eliasson. The supporters of RullaBoll booed when Runa United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nils Lindkvist didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 35th match minute, Runa United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ingvar Alefors to maneuver through the defense. After 37 played minutes Runa United got a freekick which was hit by Karl-Oskar Jonsson. Rolf Lindgren made an important save on a dangerous shot by Anton Nordlund in the 38th minute. Jimmy Eliasson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Rolf Lindgren made a huge save. The crowd rose to their feet as RullaBoll's Yngve Ekström slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Rolf Lindgren. That made the score 2-0 after 42 minutes of play. Jimmy Eliasson who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 45thth minute tested the skills of Rolf Lindgren when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 46th minute, Jimmy Eliasson reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Rolf Lindgren. The goal made the score 3-0. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jimmy Eliasson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Runa United's Rolf Lindgren played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jimmy Eliasson in the 51st minute of play. Josef Arenius hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Runa United's Leif Hedberg got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrian Låsberg in the 58th minute of play forced RullaBoll's goalkeeper Aron Dahlberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Runa United's Rolf Lindgren played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jimmy Eliasson in the 60th minute of play. Ingvar Alefors kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. Rolf Lindgren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jimmy Eliasson in the 65th minute of play. 66 minutes into the match, Runa United's goal looked a bit too open when Yngve Ekström came free, but Rolf Lindgren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 72 played minutes Runa United got a freekick which was hit by Nils Lindkvist. In the 73rd minute of the match Jimmy Eliasson sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Rolf Lindgren skillfully saved the ball. In the 75th minute, Runa United's Adrian Låsberg ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Aron Dahlberg. Aron Dahlberg yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jimmy Eliasson in the 82nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rolf Lindgren prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Robert Strömbom hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. Rolf Lindgren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yngve Ekström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jimmy Eliasson in the 92nd minute of play forced Runa United's goalkeeper Rolf Lindgren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 94 minutes into the match, Jimmy Eliasson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rolf Lindgren. Runa United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jimmy Eliasson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. RullaBoll walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.