World League

Flower Goal Arena
Spectators: 7683 (Terracing: 5763, Seating: 1767, VIP seats: 153) Jörn Erserman started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 5 played minutes Blomstermåla BK got a freekick which was hit by Gilbert Rasimowicz. The audience was convinced that Åke Abelsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Karl-Åke Lidström was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. Arcadio Buendia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gilbert Rasimowicz in the 8th minute of the match. In the 10th minute of the match Blomstermåla BK got a corner. Grosso United's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tim Nordstedt ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Grosso United's goalie and right to Marek Panasewicz. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Grosso United's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 13th minute, Pär Skoglund reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Arcadio Buendia. The goal made the score 1-0. Karl-Åke Lidström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Åke Abelsson in the 19th minute of play. Blomstermåla BK's Karl-Åke Lidström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustavo da Costa in the 20th minute of play. Arcadio Buendia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gilbert Rasimowicz in the 21st minute of play. Antonín Orlík fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karl-Åke Lidström having to interfere. In the 23rd minute, Lennart Nilsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marek Panasewicz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Arcadio Buendia made a huge save. Karl-Åke Lidström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antonín Orlík in the 37th minute of play. After some careless play in the Blomstermåla BK defense, Antonín Orlík kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Karl-Åke Lidström. The Blomstermåla BK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Karl-Åke Lidström should have stopped the shot. Pär Skoglund could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Arcadio Buendia made a huge save. Karl-Åke Lidström didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Åke Abelsson went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The wind increased when Åke Abelsson made the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Åke Abelsson in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Karl-Åke Lidström saved Blomstermåla BK from getting behind. The supporters of Blomstermåla BK booed when Grosso United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antonín Orlík didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arcadio Buendia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jörn Erserman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 64 minutes into the match, Grosso United's goal looked a bit too open when Pär Skoglund came free, but Arcadio Buendia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 64th minute Pär Skoglund shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arcadio Buendia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 68th minute Gilbert Rasimowicz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arcadio Buendia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 71 minutes Grosso United's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tim Nordstedt who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Tim Nordstedt almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Grosso United's Arcadio Buendia did a great save. Grosso United's Arcadio Buendia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jörn Erserman in the 72nd minute of play. The supporters of Grosso United booed when Blomstermåla BK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pär Skoglund didn't get a good kick on the ball. Grosso United's Arcadio Buendia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arnulfo Ongile in the 76th minute of play. Arcadio Buendia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jörn Erserman, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. In the 83rd minute Pär Skoglund shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arcadio Buendia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Grosso United made a substitution. Mauro Mendez replaced Gustavo da Costa. The supporters of Grosso United booed when Blomstermåla BK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tim Nordstedt didn't get a good kick on the ball. Antonín Orlík received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Karl-Åke Lidström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 92 played minutes Blomstermåla BK got a freekick which was hit by Lennart Nilsson. Arcadio Buendia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arnulfo Ongile, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute.