U23 League

White Hart Lane
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jorma Jääskeläinen kicked off to start the match. Nilton Paraíba hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. White Hart Lane's Esbjörn Apelquist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Philip Kilman in the 9th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tony Nyman in the 11th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Esbjörn Apelquist saved White Hart Lane from getting behind. Esbjörn Apelquist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tony Nyman in the 14th minute of play. After 20 minutes of play, White Hart Lane's Jorma Jääskeläinen made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gustaf Kullgren was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 22nd minute, Tony Nyman made a precise shot to the right of Esbjörn Apelquist. White Hart Lane's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Philip Kilman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Esbjörn Apelquist didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tony Nyman went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. In the 37th minute, Tony Nyman made a precise shot to the right of Esbjörn Apelquist. White Hart Lane's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-5. Zebastian Vennerberg kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. 43 minutes into the game, Northland Vikings's Tony Nyman nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Esbjörn Apelquist made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-6. Philip Kilman recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 46th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tony Nyman was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tony Nyman got free with Esbjörn Apelquist in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lars-Erik Bergsten in the 65th minute of play forced Northland Vikings's goalkeeper Gustaf Kullgren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Esbjörn Apelquist stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tony Nyman's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. The supporters of Northland Vikings booed when White Hart Lane was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Klas Söderkvist didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Northland Vikings's Magnus Lundqvist got a free kick in the 74th minute. After a rather tough play, Northland Vikings's Nilton Paraíba got a free kick in the 75th minute. Gustaf Kullgren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jorma Jääskeläinen in the 76th minute of the match. Tony Nyman took the ball and in the 84 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Esbjörn Apelquist. Esbjörn Apelquist dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-8. In the 87th minute Tony Nyman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Esbjörn Apelquist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 92 minutes, Tony Nyman took a quick shot and it went in 1-9 without a chance for Esbjörn Apelquist to make any attempt to save it. The White Hart Lane fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Northland Vikings were clearly better and deserved to take the win.