U18 World League

LokoAréna
Spectators: 7463 (Terracing: 5598, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Svend Blomner took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 5 played minutes, Vestegnens Betonhelte's Volmar Thurzo shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jiří Antl 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 Vestegnens Betonhelte reached it. Vilmar Irdorf charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vilmar Irdorf the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 8th match minute, Vestegnens Betonhelte was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vilmar Irdorf to maneuver through the defense. After 10 minutes, Volmar Thurzo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Vestegnens Betonhelte and the Loko Česká Lípa players grew even worse after the yellow card. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alexej Středa got free with Ebbe Høgenhaug in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Svend Blomner took the ball and in the 21 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jiří Antl. Jiří Antl dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. A collision led to Loko Česká Lípa getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Alexej Středa hit a great ball. 26 minutes into the match, Askild Tofteby had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jiří Antl. Loko Česká Lípa's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Askild Tofteby was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Felix Zvěřina hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. Emil Kliment charged in rather forcefully in the 32nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Emil Kliment the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 33rd match minute, Loko Česká Lípa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emil Kliment to maneuver through the defense. 34 minutes into the match, Askild Tofteby notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Loko Česká Lípa's Jiří Antl. Jiří Antl was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Jiří Antl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Svend Blomner in the 38th minute of the match. In the 39th minute, Moritz Krabdrup left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Vestegnens Betonhelte fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. 46 minutes into the match, Moritz Krabdrup had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jiří Antl. Loko Česká Lípa's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Moritz Krabdrup was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-5. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-5 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alexej Středa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Loko Česká Lípa's zone, Svend Blomner stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jiří Antl came out of the goal and Svend Blomner tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 59 minutes into the match, Loko Česká Lípa's goalkeeper Jiří Antl had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Svend Blomner. Loko Česká Lípa's Vojtěch Doubrava was substituted for Miroslav Chmiel. Svend Blomner came free with the goalkeeper in the 67th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Jiří Antl could save by the left post. Volmar Thurzo kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. After 71 played minutes Vestegnens Betonhelte got a freekick which was hit by Volmar Thurzo. Volmar Thurzo got his second yellow card in the match during the 73rd minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Volmar Thurzo hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Vestegnens Betonhelte's Ebbe Høgenhaug played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felix Zvěřina in the 74th minute of play. Ebbe Høgenhaug came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by Loko Česká Lípa's Evžen Sádlo. But to his dismay, Evžen Sádlo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-6. Svend Blomner could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 81st minute of the match, but Jiří Antl made a huge save. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, Askild Tofteby managed to get in a good position for a shot. Vestegnens Betonhelte's supporters rose to their feet, but Askild Tofteby was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jiří Antl breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ebbe Høgenhaug showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexej Středa in the 85th minute of the match. 89 minutes into the match, Loko Česká Lípa's goalkeeper Jiří Antl had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Svend Blomner. Svend Blomner received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Jiří Antl tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 92 minutes into the game, Askild Tofteby recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Jiří Antl. Askild Tofteby showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-7. Vestegnens Betonhelte's Ebbe Høgenhaug played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vojtěch Doubrava in the 95th minute of play. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Vestegnens Betonhelte walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.