U18 League

Arena Copia
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. Ingvar Dalkvist started the match with the kick off. FC Hans's Kurt Mager played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ingvar Dalkvist in the 6th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 7th minute, Ernst Levander managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Copiad's supporters rose to their feet, but Ernst Levander was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kurt Mager breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 8 minutes into the game, Gösta Löfdahl was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Hans's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Copiad the free kick. The supporters of FC Copiad booed when FC Hans was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gösta Löfdahl didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, FC Hans's Simon Delin got a free kick in the 10th minute. The referee felt a red card was in order, 13 minutes into the game, when Alvar Bengtsson put in a rough tackle. Kåre Nordal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Kurt Mager tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. FC Hans's Sakarias Kinnman got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Bengt-Rune Wassenius fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kurt Mager having to interfere. Ernst Levanders short, quick shot in the 26thth minute got Kurt Mager to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Daniel Håkansson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stig Björklund, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. FC Copiad's Daniel Håkansson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Per-Olof Jelm in the 31st minute of play. Ernst Levander was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 39th minute. FC Copiad's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. The supporters of FC Copiad booed when FC Hans was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stig Björklund didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ernst Levander received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Kurt Mager tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bengt-Rune Wassenius scored 1-1 in the 43rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kurt Mager, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Stig Björklund to make the kick off. If Bengt-Rune Wassenius had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 55th match minute, FC Hans was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jimmy Dahlberg to maneuver through the defense. In the 61st match minute, FC Hans was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Karl-Oskar Petersson to maneuver through the defense. Kurt Mager showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ernst Levander in the 63rd minute of the match. Bengt-Rune Wassenius fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kurt Mager having to interfere. Gösta Löfdahl kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Kurt Mager made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bengt-Rune Wassenius in the 69th minute of play. In the 70th minute Ernst Levander shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kurt Mager saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of FC Hans booed when FC Copiad was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patrik Tinglöf didn't get a good kick on the ball. Stig Björklund received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Daniel Håkansson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 82 played minutes FC Copiad got a freekick which was hit by Kåre Nordal. 90 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Copiad's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Eric Kellbom was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Hans's players had a chance to rest. Kurt Mager showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kåre Nordal, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Stig Björklund fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Daniel Håkansson having to interfere. The FC Copiad supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching FC Hans's performance. The match ended with a win for FC Hans.