U23 League

Snow Globe
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. Frank Dahlman started the match with the kick off. Karl-Oskar Danielsson's late challenge caught a North Pole Kickers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Karl-Oskar Danielsson helped the player get up and apologised. Karl-Oskar Danielsson hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Valdemar Tomasson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Viktor Hjälm tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 11th minute, Valdemar Tomasson reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Viktor Hjälm. The goal made the score 1-0. After 15 minutes of play, North Pole Kickers's Valdemar Tomasson made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Viktor Hjälm was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Nisse Jul's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Viktor Hjälm was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. After 25 minutes, Nisse Jul made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. Nordic Mystery's Viktor Hjälm tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Nordic Mystery's Viktor Hjälm proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save Nordic Mystery from getting a goal against them. When Bo Vester fell near the penalty area in the 32nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored North Pole Kickers's protests and gave Bo Vester a yellow card for diving instead. In the 32nd match minute, North Pole Kickers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bo Vester to maneuver through the defense. Allan Jansson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Viktor Hjälm having to interfere. North Pole Kickers's Allan Jansson got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Viktor Hjälm showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valdemar Tomasson, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Viktor Hjälm made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valdemar Tomasson in the 42nd minute of play. Viktor Hjälm showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nisse Jul in the 46th minute of the match. Nordic Mystery's Viktor Hjälm played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valdemar Tomasson in the 47th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nisse Jul stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Nisse Jul ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Viktor Hjälm was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. The North Pole Kickers fans' excitement grew in the 59th match minute when North Pole Kickers's Nisse Jul looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 63 minutes into the match, Nisse Jul had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Viktor Hjälm. Nordic Mystery's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nisse Jul was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. The North Pole Kickers fans' excitement grew in the 68th match minute when North Pole Kickers's Nisse Jul looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 7-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Alfons Vallgren charged in rather forcefully in the 71st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alfons Vallgren the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Nordic Mystery's Alfons Vallgren got a free kick in the 71st minute. After some careless play in the Nordic Mystery defense, Nisse Jul kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Viktor Hjälm. The Nordic Mystery fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Viktor Hjälm should have stopped the shot. Viktor Hjälm took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nisse Jul, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Viktor Hjälm made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valdemar Tomasson in the 82nd minute of play. If Nisse Jul had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Nordic Mystery booed when North Pole Kickers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valdemar Tomasson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nisse Jul struck a weak shot in the 90th minute. Viktor Hjälm didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for North Pole Kickers. North Pole Kickers's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.