U18 League

City Network Arena
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Allan Thidén started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Örjan Hermansson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Greger Odén in the 9th minute of play. Örjan Hermansson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Allan Thidén, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Örjan Hermansson came out of the goal in the 15th minute to try and stop a shot by Stjärnblomster's Allan Thidén. But to his dismay, Allan Thidén quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. 18 minutes into the match, Hallands Riviera's goal looked a bit too open when Allan Thidén came free, but Örjan Hermansson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Andy Forsell took the ball and in the 20 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mark Asplund. Mark Asplund dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Allan Thidén in the 28th minute of play forced Hallands Riviera's goalkeeper Örjan Hermansson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 31 minutes into the match, Allan Thidén notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Hallands Riviera's Örjan Hermansson. Örjan Hermansson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Andy Forsell hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. A collision led to Stjärnblomster getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Eddie Jakobsson hit a great ball. Holger Blom, 40 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Hallands Riviera's zone, Ingvar Isaksson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Örjan Hermansson came out of the goal and Ingvar Isaksson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Georg Billström made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ingvar Isaksson in the 51st minute of play forced Hallands Riviera's goalkeeper Örjan Hermansson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 54th minute, Eddie Jakobsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pontus Stenqvist hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. Örjan Hermansson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Allan Thidén, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tage Gustavsson hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Andy Forsell in the 72nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mark Asplund prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Göran Hääger hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Hallands Riviera defense, Jan-Åke Mattsson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Örjan Hermansson. The Hallands Riviera fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Örjan Hermansson should have stopped the shot. With a little luck, Hallands Riviera's Örjan Hermansson got control of the ball when Ingvar Isaksson tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ingvar Isaksson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Örjan Hermansson having to interfere. Örjan Hermansson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Allan Thidén went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. When the final whistle sounded Stjärnblomster left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Hallands Riviera.