U23 League

The Bear Cave
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Brandbergen Bears's Timmy Bergendahl started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Hisingen IK's Einar Jernberg proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Hisingen IK from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Brandbergen Bears's Eric Ahlin got a free kick in the 5th minute. After 8 minutes, Eric Ahlin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Brandbergen Bears and the Hisingen IK players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 8th minute, Eric Ahlin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elliot Högman in the 9th minute of play forced Brandbergen Bears's goalkeeper Patrick Gallin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 13th minute Elliot Högman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patrick Gallin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 18th minute, Jörn Fagrell got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Viktor Sikström hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. The supporters of Hisingen IK booed when Brandbergen Bears was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Viktor Sikström didn't get a good kick on the ball. 24 minutes into the match, Brandbergen Bears's goal looked a bit too open when Jörn Fagrell came free, but Patrick Gallin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Einar Jernberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Timmy Bergendahl, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Patrick Gallin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elliot Högman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Brandbergen Bears's Patrick Gallin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elliot Högman in the 33rd minute of play. After 36 played minutes Hisingen IK got a freekick which was hit by Eric Nyman. Patrick Gallin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elliot Högman in the 38th minute of the match. Patrick Gallin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edvard Bergren in the 39th minute of the match. Patrick Gallin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elliot Högman in the 40th minute of the match. 45 minutes into the match, Brandbergen Bears's goal looked a bit too open when Elliot Högman came free, but Patrick Gallin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Alvin Engström in the 51st minute of play forced Hisingen IK's goalkeeper Einar Jernberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Hisingen IK getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Eric Nyman hit a great ball. Bengt Glanselius fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Einar Jernberg having to interfere. Brandbergen Bears's Patrick Gallin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elliot Högman in the 58th minute of play. Jörn Fagrell could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 59th minute of the match, but Patrick Gallin made a huge save. Patrick Gallin was out of position in the 63 minute of play, and Elliot Högman capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Elliot Högman really showed his touch with that goal: 0-1. Hans Brun charged in rather forcefully in the 71st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hans Brun the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 70th minute of the game. One of Hisingen IK:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Brandbergen Bears:s goal. Patrick Gallin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edvard Bergren, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. In the 79th minute, Viktor Sikström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Patrick Gallin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jörn Fagrell in the 82nd minute. Patrick Gallin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elliot Högman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Elliot Högman got free with Patrick Gallin in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 91 minutes of play, Hisingen IK's Elliot Högman made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Patrick Gallin was left in no man's land by his defense there! The Brandbergen Bears fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Hisingen IK were clearly better and deserved to take the win.