U23 League

Sjukstugan
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Arne Lundberg got the match started through his kick off. 5 minutes into the match, ZigZag Athletic's goal looked a bit too open when Bai Peng Ning came free, but Teofilo Distiratsu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 5 minutes into the game, Nusnäs IF's Bai Peng Ning nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Teofilo Distiratsu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Teofilo Distiratsu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bai Peng Ning in the 8th minute of the match. 13 minutes into the game, Sebastian Lindsten was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nusnäs IF's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ZigZag Athletic the free kick. In the 13th match minute, Nusnäs IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sebastian Lindsten to maneuver through the defense. Teofilo Distiratsu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arne Lundberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Nusnäs IF's Sebastian Lindsten got a free kick in the 25th minute. In the 27th minute the ball was on its way in behind Nusnäs IF's goalkeeper Clodoveo Rojas, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 30thth minute of the game Arne Lundberg who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ZigZag Athletic's Teofilo Distiratsu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Nusnäs IF's Clodoveo Rojas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save Nusnäs IF from getting a goal against them. If Arne Lundberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anthon Eliasson did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-1 to the left of a surprised Clodoveo Rojas 44 minutes into the match. Nusnäs IF's Clodoveo Rojas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bengt-Rune Öman in the 47th minute of play. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Anthon Eliasson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute Harry Houdini shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Clodoveo Rojas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Sebastian Lindsten was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 52 minutes had been played. After a rather tough play, Nusnäs IF's Sebastian Lindsten got a free kick in the 53rd minute. 54 minutes into the match, Nusnäs IF's goal looked a bit too open when Bengt-Rune Öman came free, but Clodoveo Rojas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 57 minutes had been played when some careless play by ZigZag Athletic's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Luo Kun Sang was slow to take the kick. During this time Nusnäs IF's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Luo Kun Sang got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Teofilo Distiratsu quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 59 played minutes ZigZag Athletic got a freekick which was hit by John Cena. 63 minutes into the game, Luo Kun Sang was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nusnäs IF's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ZigZag Athletic the free kick. Gösta Messi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Clodoveo Rojas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 78 played minutes Nusnäs IF got a freekick which was hit by Osvald Josefsson. A collision led to Nusnäs IF getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Osvald Josefsson hit a great ball. Clodoveo Rojas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bengt-Rune Öman, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Nusnäs IF's Clodoveo Rojas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anthon Eliasson in the 85th minute of play. When Gösta Messi came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the ZigZag Athletic 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 Gösta Messi couldn't finish the play. Clodoveo Rojas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gösta Messi's shot from short distance in the 92nd minute. ZigZag Athletic were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.