U23 League

Porjus Draknäste
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Porjus's Wesley Cabral 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. After some careless play in the Porjus defense, Arthur Saba kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ture Berglund. The Porjus fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ture Berglund should have stopped the shot. Average Joes's Yavuz Bülent Özger got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 14 played minutes Average Joes got a freekick which was hit by Yavuz Bülent Özger. Average Joes's Victoriano Abel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Börje Smed in the 16th minute of play. 19 minutes into the game, Average Joes's Arthur Saba nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ture Berglund made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Sven-Oskar Josefsson charged in rather forcefully in the 22nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sven-Oskar Josefsson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 21st minute, one of Porjus:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Porjus. Porjus's Wesley Cabral came free and shot a quick shot against goal 31 minutes in the game, fortunately Victoriano Abel had problems saving as it came toward the left post. The supporters of Average Joes booed when Porjus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Douglas Ahlstedt didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 36th minute of the match Kasper Bodin sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ture Berglund skillfully saved the ball. Yavuz Bülent Özger scored 0-4 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ture Berglund, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Harry Forsberg in the 40th minute of play forced Average Joes's goalkeeper Victoriano Abel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Porjus defense, Per Rolandsson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ture Berglund. The Porjus fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ture Berglund should have stopped the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Arthur Saba in the 44th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ture Berglund saved Porjus from getting behind. After the first half Average Joes were leading 0-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Per Rolandsson to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Per Rolandsson in the 51st minute of play forced Porjus's goalkeeper Ture Berglund to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 53 minutes into the match, Arthur Saba had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ture Berglund. Porjus's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arthur Saba was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. Per Rolandsson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 59th minute of the match, but Ture Berglund made a huge save. Ture Berglund stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Per Rolandsson's shot from short distance in the 60th minute. Per Rolandsson received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ture Berglund came out and tried to block the shot, but Per Rolandsson slotted it home off the left post making it 0-7 in the 61st minute. After 64 minutes, Aaron Löfgren mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Average Joes and the Porjus players grew even worse after the yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Per Rolandsson in the 66th minute of play forced Porjus's goalkeeper Ture Berglund to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Porjus's Ture Berglund got control of the ball when Arthur Saba tried to sneak it across the goal line. Pål Askestät received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ture Berglund came out and tried to block the shot, but Pål Askestät slotted it home off the left post making it 0-9 in the 71st minute. Average Joes's Arthur Saba was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 74th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pål Askestät got free with Ture Berglund in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Per Rolandsson in the 78thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Ture Berglund, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Average Joes's Jeremias Silban was substituted for Per Rolandsson. Average Joes made a substitution. Jo Blanchaert replaced Pål Askestät. Porjus's Ture Berglund proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save Porjus from getting a goal against them. In the 86th minute Jo Blanchaert shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ture Berglund saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jeremias Silban in the 87th minute of play forced Porjus's goalkeeper Ture Berglund to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Porjus's Albin Stolpe got a free kick in the 88th minute. In the 90th minute, Jeremias Silban made a precise shot to the right of Ture Berglund. Porjus's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-11. Average Joes's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.