U18 League

P. Strömberg Arena
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Anthon Sjöö got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Roger Broman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Matthias Larsfält. PP Plessydask's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Roger Broman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. PP Plessydask's Matthias Larsfält played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lukas Apelkvist in the 9th minute of play. In the 10th minute of the game, Bertil Persson landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. Douglas Hedbom's late challenge caught a Haymakers FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Douglas Hedbom helped the player get up and apologised. Kurt Westerberg took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 12th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Matthias Larsfält. PP Plessydask's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Matthias Larsfält stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Roger Broman's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. In the 14th minute, Lukas Apelkvist ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Matthias Larsfält was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. 18 minutes into the match, PP Plessydask's goal looked a bit too open when Lukas Apelkvist came free, but Matthias Larsfält reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Linus Ekgren received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Stig Brask tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 20 minutes into the game, Haymakers FC's Jarl Granström nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Matthias Larsfält made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. In the 23rd minute, Roger Broman ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Matthias Larsfält was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Niklas Larsson charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Niklas Larsson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jarl Granström in the 30th minute of play forced PP Plessydask's goalkeeper Matthias Larsfält to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stig Brask showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Douglas Hedbom in the 31st minute of the match. In the 34th minute Roger Broman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matthias Larsfält saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Jonas Rydberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 40th minute, Linus Ekgren hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Matthias Larsfält made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roger Broman in the 43rd minute of play. Matthias Larsfält showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roger Broman in the 45th minute of the match. Stig Brask took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anthon Sjöö, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half Haymakers FC were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Lukas Apelkvist to strike the kick off in the second half. After 52 played minutes Haymakers FC got a freekick which was hit by Kurt Westerberg. After a rather tough play, Haymakers FC's Lupe Lundgren got a free kick in the 54th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roger Broman in the 56th minute of play forced PP Plessydask's goalkeeper Matthias Larsfält to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lukas Apelkvist got free with Matthias Larsfält in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Matthias Larsfält was out of position in the 58 minute of play, and Roger Broman capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Roger Broman really showed his touch with that goal: 0-5. Haymakers FC's Lukas Apelkvist got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Niklas Larsson was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 68 minutes had been played. The supporters of Haymakers FC booed when PP Plessydask was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Niklas Larsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Roger Broman received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Matthias Larsfält came out and tried to block the shot, but Roger Broman slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 72nd minute. When Jarl Granström came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the Haymakers FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jarl Granström couldn't finish the play. Stig Brask made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Boris Alegren in the 85th minute of play. Jarl Granström sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The PP Plessydask fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Haymakers FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.