U18 World League

Björkö Stadion
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Marko Bagnyuk made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mattias Markusson in the 3rd minute of play forced F.C. SPERANTZA's goalkeeper Dmytro Mykulyak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dmytro Mykulyak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mattias Markusson in the 4th minute of the match. 5 minutes into the match, Sten Matsson dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Dmytro Mykulyak, 1-0. Allan Pihl showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marko Bagnyuk, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. When Nazar Gerasymenko fell near the penalty area in the 14th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored F.C. SPERANTZA's protests and gave Nazar Gerasymenko a yellow card for diving instead. Mattias Markusson in the 15thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Dmytro Mykulyak, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Sten Matsson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Dmytro Mykulyak made a huge save. Martin Sundström hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Allan Pihl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vasyl Vovk in the 28th minute of the match. Björkö BK's Allan Pihl played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vasyl Vovk in the 32nd minute of play. 33 minutes into the match, Mattias Markusson notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of F.C. SPERANTZA's Dmytro Mykulyak. Dmytro Mykulyak was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. F.C. SPERANTZA's Dmytro Mykulyak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mattias Markusson in the 37th minute of play. Dmytro Mykulyak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mattias Markusson, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. 39 minutes into the match, F.C. SPERANTZA's goal looked a bit too open when Mattias Markusson came free, but Dmytro Mykulyak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Freddie Vestberg in the 40th minute of play forced F.C. SPERANTZA's goalkeeper Dmytro Mykulyak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 43rd minute, Vasyl Vovk got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Vasyl Vovk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Allan Pihl tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

If Vladyslav Ushtan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dmytro Mykulyak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mattias Markusson, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Dmytro Mykulyak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mattias Markusson in the 62nd minute of play. After 66 minutes F.C. SPERANTZA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Karl Levander who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Karl Levander almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but F.C. SPERANTZA's Dmytro Mykulyak did a great save. After a rather tough play, Björkö BK's Alex Persson got a free kick in the 68th minute. Vasyl Vovk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Allan Pihl having to interfere. Dmytro Mykulyak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Freddie Vestberg in the 72nd minute of play. If Vasyl Vovk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to F.C. SPERANTZA getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Olexiy Gunchak hit a great ball. When Vasyl Vovk fell near the penalty area in the 81st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored F.C. SPERANTZA's protests and gave Vasyl Vovk a yellow card for diving instead. After 81 played minutes F.C. SPERANTZA got a freekick which was hit by Vasyl Vovk. Allan Pihl made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vasyl Vovk in the 83rd minute. In the 88th minute, Vasyl Vovk got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Mattias Markusson scored 3-0 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dmytro Mykulyak, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. F.C. SPERANTZA's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Björkö BK had won, even though F.C. SPERANTZA had held more of the ball.