U23 League

Vallentuna Arena
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Peder Kilstedt took the kick off in the first half of the match. Vallentuna Kickers's Edgar Utter played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicklas Pilberg in the 3rd minute of play. After 3 minutes, Mats Kellman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Vallentuna Kickers and the Överås BK players grew even worse after the yellow card. Marcus Nordin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mats Kellman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 8th minute the ball was on its way in behind Vallentuna Kickers's goalkeeper Edgar Utter, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Edgar Utter made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicklas Pilberg in the 17th minute of play. Nicklas Pilberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edgar Utter having to interfere. In the 21stth minute of the game Peder Kilstedt who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Vallentuna Kickers's Edgar Utter was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Edgar Utter came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by Överås BK's Emil Carlsson. But to his dismay, Emil Carlsson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Edgar Utter made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicklas Pilberg in the 32nd minute of play. Jens-Åke Melberg kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. After 33 played minutes, Överås BK's Peder Kilstedt shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Edgar Utter came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Överås BK reached it. When Nicklas Pilberg fell near the penalty area in the 34th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Överås BK's protests and gave Nicklas Pilberg a yellow card for diving instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Peder Kilstedt during the 36th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Vallentuna Kickers booed when Överås BK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Peder Kilstedt didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 37 minutes, Wilhelm Bolander managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Vallentuna Kickers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Wilhelm Bolander was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sven-Oskar Mellin in the 40th minute of play forced Överås BK's goalkeeper Marcus Nordin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Marcus Nordin managed to avoid a goal in the 41stth minute, when Vallentuna Kickers's Sven-Oskar Mellin fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Sven-Oskar Mellins short, quick shot in the 43rdth minute got Marcus Nordin to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The audience was convinced that Sven-Oskar Mellin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcus Nordin was relentless in the 46th minute of the game.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Sven-Oskar Mellin made a kick off. Wilhelm Arvidsson charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Wilhelm Arvidsson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Wilhelm Arvidsson hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Marcus Nordin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sven-Oskar Mellin's shot from short distance in the 62nd minute. 68 minutes into the game, Leonardo Johnsson was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Överås BK's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Vallentuna Kickers the free kick. Jens-Åke Melberg took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 69th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Marcus Nordin. Överås BK's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Edgar Utter took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicklas Pilberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marcus Nordin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kevin Mårtensson went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. The crowd rose to their feet as Emil Carlsson kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Edgar Utter. That made the score 2-3 in the 78 minute of play. Peder Kilstedt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Edgar Utter tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 87th minute Nicklas Pilberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edgar Utter saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kevin Mårtensson in the 89th minute of play forced Överås BK's goalkeeper Marcus Nordin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Vallentuna Kickers booed when Överås BK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emil Carlsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marcus Nordin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sven-Oskar Mellin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Vallentuna Kickers fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Överås BK were clearly better and deserved to take the win.