U23 League

Puckarnas bollplank
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Pedro Luís Koffidis started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, ZigZag Athletic's August Hökkvist got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Teofilo Distiratsu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hans Hök went, in the 4th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Victor Sundström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jesper Vollander in the 13th minute of play. In the 18th minute of the match, Hans Hök tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Teofilo Distiratsu saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Teofilo Distiratsu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hans Hök in the 20th minute. In the 22nd match minute, Käka Puck BK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bertil Svartengren to maneuver through the defense. After 25 minutes of play, ZigZag Athletic's Jesper Vollander made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Victor Sundström was left in no man's land by his defense there! 34 minutes into the match, ZigZag Athletic's goal looked a bit too open when Adolfo Perico came free, but Teofilo Distiratsu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Jesper Vollander had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 35th minute Jesper Vollander shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Victor Sundström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Victor Sundström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jesper Vollander, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 39 minutes had been played when some careless play by Käka Puck BK's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Bengt-Rune Öman was slow to take the kick. During this time ZigZag Athletic's players had a chance to rest. The corner led ZigZag Athletic's Bengt-Rune Öman to fire away a dangerous shot which Victor Sundström despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Teofilo Distiratsu made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Hans Hök sent off a good shot on target. Teofilo Distiratsu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adolfo Perico in the 43rd minute of play. In the 46th match minute, ZigZag Athletic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hector Ares to maneuver through the defense.

56 minutes into the match, Jesper Vollander dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Victor Sundström, 1-3. Victor Sundström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jesper Vollander in the 63rd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 66th minute, August Hökkvist managed to get in a good position for a shot. ZigZag Athletic's supporters rose to their feet, but August Hökkvist was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Victor Sundström breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 73 minutes of play, ZigZag Athletic's Jesper Vollander made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Victor Sundström was left in no man's land by his defense there! ZigZag Athletic's Hector Ares managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Sebastian Lund in the 79 minute of the game. When Jesper Vollander came up free with the goalie in the 80th 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 Jesper Vollander couldn't finish the play. 82 minutes into the match, Käka Puck BK's goalkeeper Victor Sundström had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by John Cena. Bengt-Rune Öman made in the 88th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Jesper Vollander however managed to control. Teofilo Distiratsu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Per-Erik Öfverman, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. ZigZag Athletic walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.