U21 League

Ralles Arena
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Timmy Ahlberg started the match with the kick off. Takeshi Tachibana kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Augustus Batalla took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ingvar Nyqvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 3rd minute, Ingvar Nyqvist ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Augustus Batalla was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Augustus Batalla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ingvar Nyqvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Örjan Isaksson during the 7th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Ralles Bollklubb getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Örjan Isaksson hit a great ball. In the 8th minute, Ingmar Östlund got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Timmy Ahlberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Wang Cheng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bror Hanmark, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 15 minutes into the match, Gärsnäs BF's goal looked a bit too open when Bror Hanmark came free, but Wang Cheng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Bror Hanmark's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Wang Cheng was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. Augustus Batalla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bo Drake in the 22nd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 24th minute, Timmy Ahlberg managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gärsnäs BF's supporters rose to their feet, but Timmy Ahlberg was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Augustus Batalla breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcus Wester in the 28th minute of play forced Gärsnäs BF's goalkeeper Wang Cheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Augustus Batalla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timmy Ahlberg in the 31st minute of the match. 34 minutes into the match, Ralles Bollklubb's goal looked a bit too open when Timmy Ahlberg came free, but Augustus Batalla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Timmy Ahlberg blasted a shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Augustus Batalla having to make a save. In the 36th minute Marcus Wester shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wang Cheng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Bo Drake fell near the penalty area in the 40th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Gärsnäs BF's protests and gave Bo Drake a yellow card for diving instead. In the 40th minute, Bo Drake hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marcus Wester could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Wang Cheng made a huge save. After 42 played minutes Ralles Bollklubb got a freekick which was hit by Adam Ek. The crowd rose to their feet as Marcus Wester kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Wang Cheng. That made the score 1-1 in the 45 minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bror Hanmark made a kick off. In the 51stth minute of the game Leif Classon who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gärsnäs BF's Wang Cheng was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcus Wester in the 52nd minute of play forced Gärsnäs BF's goalkeeper Wang Cheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wang Cheng made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bror Hanmark in the 52nd minute of play. Wang Cheng made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcus Wester in the 53rd minute of play. 57 minutes into the game, Leif Classon was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ralles Bollklubb's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Gärsnäs BF the free kick. Wang Cheng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bror Hanmark, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Karl-Johan Magnusson kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. Wang Cheng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bror Hanmark in the 72nd minute of the match. Wang Cheng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcus Wester in the 76th minute of the match. Wang Cheng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcus Wester, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Ralles Bollklubb's Augustus Batalla got control of the ball when Timmy Ahlberg tried to sneak it across the goal line. Timmy Ahlberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Augustus Batalla having to interfere. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.