U21 World League

Old Trafford
Spectators: 7972 (Terracing: 5980, Seating: 1834, VIP seats: 158) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gao Zhen Chao started the match with the kick off. Gao Zhen Chao took the ball and in the 2 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alf Enström. Alf Enström dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. In the 8th minute, Pedro Manuel Pero hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Villiam Stenkvist charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Villiam Stenkvist the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 9th match minute, Lirarnas Lag was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Villiam Stenkvist to maneuver through the defense. In the 10th minute Gao Zhen Chao shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alf Enström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 11 minutes had been played when some careless play by Lirarnas Lag's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ladislav Zemko was slow to take the kick. During this time Kukova United's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Kukova United's Ladislav Zemko to fire away a dangerous shot which Alf Enström despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Anıl Baran Uslu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hjalmar Kråk in the 14th minute of the match. After having played for 21 minutes, Hjalmar Kråk managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lirarnas Lag's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hjalmar Kråk was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Alf Enström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ladislav Zemko in the 26th minute of the match. Anıl Baran Uslu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hjalmar Kråk in the 29th minute of play. Kukova United's Anıl Baran Uslu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jean-Pascal Bellefeuille in the 30th minute of play. Anıl Baran Uslu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hjalmar Kråk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lirarnas Lag were awarded a corner in the 40th minute after Kukova United's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Alessio Cinalli took the corner. The corner led Lirarnas Lag's Alessio Cinalli to fire away a dangerous shot which Anıl Baran Uslu despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Villiam Stenkvist kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Alf Enström stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gao Zhen Chao's shot from short distance in the 45th minute.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jean-Pascal Bellefeuille was the one to do the kick off. In the 55th minute, Matej Horvát hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Anıl Baran Uslu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jean-Pascal Bellefeuille, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 67 minutes into the match, Lirarnas Lag's goal looked a bit too open when Matej Bajus came free, but Alf Enström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gustav Stenquist sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kukova United's Anıl Baran Uslu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jean-Pascal Bellefeuille in the 72nd minute of play. Alf Enström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gao Zhen Chao, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Anıl Baran Uslu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jean-Pascal Bellefeuille, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivan Galoša in the 79th minute of play forced Lirarnas Lag's goalkeeper Alf Enström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 82 minutes into the match, Lirarnas Lag's goal looked a bit too open when Matej Horvát came free, but Alf Enström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 86 minutes into the match, Kukova United's goal looked a bit too open when Jean-Pascal Bellefeuille came free, but Anıl Baran Uslu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 92nd match minute, Lirarnas Lag was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hjalmar Kråk to maneuver through the defense. Kukova United's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.