U23 League

Meadow Lane
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Rudolf Björk got the match started through his kick off. Bixente Poli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karl-Ove Hedberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. Bror Alebom got a throw-in 5 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Rudolf Björk. A collision led to Meadow Village getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Emanuel Alströmmer hit a great ball. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind Meadow Village's goalkeeper Mikael Hård, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Bixente Poli was out of position in the 11 minute of play, and Karl-Ove Hedberg capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Karl-Ove Hedberg really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. After 13 minutes, Karl-Johan Gregersson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kingpins and the Meadow Village players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Kingpins getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Karl-Johan Gregersson hit a great ball. Orvar Lundgren hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. Meadow Village's Mikael Hård played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yan Guo Qiang in the 23rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Meadow Village's Emanuel Alströmmer got a free kick in the 27th minute. After 28 played minutes, Kingpins's Ulf Kling shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Mikael Hård came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Kingpins reached it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Orvar Lundgren in the 29th minute of play forced Kingpins's goalkeeper Bixente Poli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 32 minutes into the match, Yan Guo Qiang had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mikael Hård. Meadow Village's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Yan Guo Qiang was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Meadow Village's Mikael Hård played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yan Guo Qiang in the 36th minute of play. 41 minutes into the match, Kingpins's goalkeeper Bixente Poli had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Orvar Lundgren. Mikael Hård showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yan Guo Qiang in the 44th minute of the match. Mikael Hård made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yan Guo Qiang in the 45th minute of play.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Yan Guo Qiang was the one to do the kick off. Yan Guo Qiang could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Mikael Hård made a huge save. 53 minutes into the match, Karl-Ove Hedberg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bixente Poli. Kingpins's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Karl-Ove Hedberg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Bixente Poli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rudolf Björk, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Achraf Hakimi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The referee felt a red card was in order, 60 minutes into the game, when Lu Qing Ang put in a rough tackle. Kingpins made a substitution. Harry Sjö replaced Victorino Euloxu. In the 61st match minute, Kingpins was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lu Qing Ang to maneuver through the defense. 62 minutes into the match, Meadow Village's Karl-Ove Hedberg sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bixente Poli narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 66th minute of the match, Harry Sjö tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Mikael Hård saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Villiam Telin hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Harry Sjö shot from long distance after 69 played minutes, a shot that Mikael Hård with certain difficulty stopped from going in under the crossbar. Villiam Telin lost his temper 73 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Mikael Hård took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Harry Sjö, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 96th minute, Harry Sjö reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Mikael Hård. The goal made the score 3-2. 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. Meadow Village fully deserved thier win.