U18 World League

Bullen Arena
Spectators: 7690 (Terracing: 5768, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gunnar Hökkvist took the kick off in the first half of the match. Tomáš Krajíček showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gunnar Hökkvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Ivar Holm hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michal Stříž in the 10th minute of play forced FC Bullen's goalkeeper Matthias Kiempe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 12th minute, Vladimír Šedivec hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Per Fagerberg kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Tomáš Krajíček. That made the score 1-0 in the 13 minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Radek Husák managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lex Academy's supporters rose to their feet, but Radek Husák was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Matthias Kiempe breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Matthias Kiempe didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Lex Academy's Radek Husák shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-1 in the ordered_time% minute. A nice corner shot did that Rickard Näfver got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tomáš Krajíček quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Radek Husák fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Matthias Kiempe having to interfere. Matthias Kiempe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Radek Husák, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Michal Stříž took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Matthias Kiempe. Matthias Kiempe dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. Tomáš Krajíček showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gunnar Hökkvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. The audience was convinced that Gunnar Hökkvist's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tomáš Krajíček was relentless in the 47th minute of the game. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Radek Husák to make the kick off. Gabriel Hjeltman hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Otokar Hrazdira was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 51st played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Michal Stříž fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Matthias Kiempe having to interfere. Lex Academy's Tomáš Krajíček played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivar Holm in the 60th minute of play. Radek Husák sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. FC Bullen's Matthias Kiempe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Radek Husák in the 64th minute of play. In the 66th match minute, Lex Academy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Darek Doležel to maneuver through the defense. When Michal Stříž came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Lex Academy fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Michal Stříž couldn't finish the play. When Ivar Holm fell near the penalty area in the 70th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Bullen's protests and gave Ivar Holm a yellow card for diving instead. In the 70th match minute, FC Bullen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ivar Holm to maneuver through the defense. Matthias Kiempe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Radek Husák, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Radek Husák blasted a shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Matthias Kiempe having to make a save. In the 83rd minute Michal Stříž shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matthias Kiempe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A hard shot 89 in the game by Milan Křepelka from a close distance when the talented Matthias Kiempe managed to make a qualified save. FC Bullen's players were relieved. After 89 played minutes FC Bullen got a freekick which was hit by Jens-Erik Lange. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Lex Academy walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.