U23 League

Billesholm
Spectators: 163 (Terracing: 123, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Christer Bredberg kicked off to start the match. Markus Fågel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christer Bredberg in the 4th minute of the match. 4 minutes into the game, Christer Bredberg cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Markus Fågel was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 7th minute, Christer Bredberg reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Markus Fågel. The goal made the score 2-0. Polly Magoo Juniors's Markus Fågel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Polly Magoo Juniors from getting a goal against them. After recieving a nice pass, Billesholm's Fredric Hylander tried to score from far away in the 11th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. 19 minutes into the match, Polly Magoo Juniors's goalkeeper Markus Fågel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by LeBron Puck. Helge Nykvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isak Stålman in the 21st minute of play. The audience was convinced that LeBron Puck's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Markus Fågel was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. 27 minutes into the game, Lloyd Carlson cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Helge Nykvist was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 30th minute, LeBron Puck ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Markus Fågel was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. When the match had gone on for 34 minutes, LeBron Puck took a quick shot and it went in 4-1 without a chance for Markus Fågel to make any attempt to save it. In the 36th minute of the match, Christer Bredberg tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Markus Fågel saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Isak Stålman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 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.

The wind increased when Isak Stålman made the kick off in the second half. Polly Magoo Juniors's Markus Fågel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by LeBron Puck in the 53rd minute of play. Markus Fågel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from LeBron Puck, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. 62 minutes into the match, LeBron Puck had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Markus Fågel. Polly Magoo Juniors's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that LeBron Puck was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-1. The audience was convinced that LeBron Puck's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Markus Fågel was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. Billesholm made a substitution. Börje Deckberg replaced LeBron Puck. Billesholm's Stig Lilja was substituted for Christer Bredberg. 70 minutes had been played when some careless play by Polly Magoo Juniors's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Fredric Hylander was slow to take the kick. During this time Billesholm's players had a chance to rest. Helge Nykvist made an important save on a dangerous shot by Omero Zubiaga in the 75th minute. With a little luck, Billesholm's Helge Nykvist got control of the ball when Jan-Erik Tunberg tried to sneak it across the goal line. Willem Pacho hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Markus Fågel stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stig Lilja's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. After 86 minutes, Stig Lilja made it 6-1 with a short kick to the right side. Polly Magoo Juniors's Markus Fågel tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Fredric Hylander was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 92nd played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. With an all-out effort, Polly Magoo Juniors's Helge Nykvist threw himself towards the right post 93 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Gösta Bergman, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Billesholm were victorious despite being under pressure from Polly Magoo Juniors for much of the match.