U21 League

A Gentle Touch Arena
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, 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. Jan-Olof Kjellman started the match with the kick off. Ted Igelström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfred Källberg in the 4th minute of play. The supporters of Höglunda IK booed when Eleven Nation Army was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Per-Olof Brandt didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 10 played minutes Höglunda IK got a freekick which was hit by Melker Abrahamsson. With a little luck, Höglunda IK's Verner Gustavsson got control of the ball when Simon Siöman tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 19th minute, Simon Siöman left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Eleven Nation Army fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. If Tobias Barck had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Eleven Nation Army booed when Höglunda IK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tobias Barck didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 29th minute Tobias Barck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ted Igelström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Tobias Barck's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ted Igelström was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. Verner Gustavsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Per-Olof Brandt in the 36th minute of play. Jan-Olof Kjellman's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Verner Gustavsson firmly grabbed it by the left post. 38 minutes into the match, Höglunda IK's goal looked a bit too open when Simon Siöman came free, but Verner Gustavsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 40 minutes into the match, Höglunda IK's goal looked a bit too open when Jan-Olof Kjellman came free, but Verner Gustavsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 44 minutes into the match, Jan-Olof Kjellman notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Höglunda IK's Verner Gustavsson. Verner Gustavsson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Tobias Barck hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. 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.

In the 55th minute Höglunda IK were awarded a corner. Olof Engström went to the cornerflag to take it. Leif Carlsson hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. If Tobias Barck had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 67 played minutes Eleven Nation Army got a freekick which was hit by Magne Bratt. In the 70th minute Tobias Barck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ted Igelström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ted Igelström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tobias Barck, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Verner Gustavsson came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by Eleven Nation Army's Simon Siöman. But to his dismay, Simon Siöman quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Jan-Olof Kjellman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Verner Gustavsson having to interfere. Höglunda IK's Verner Gustavsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Simon Siöman in the 80th minute of play. In the 84th match minute, Eleven Nation Army was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jan-Olof Kjellman to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tobias Barck in the 94th minute of play forced Eleven Nation Army's goalkeeper Ted Igelström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Eleven Nation Army fully deserved thier win.