U21 World League

The Dome
Spectators: 7493 (Terracing: 5621, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Malte Siöberg started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Stormur Muren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan Rein Klap in the 3rd minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 5 minutes, Malte Siöberg put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Gijsbert Luikens. The supporters of Kind of Blue booed when Revenge was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jan Rein Klap didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 9 played minutes, Kind of Blue's Torsten Haström shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Gijsbert Luikens 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 Kind of Blue reached it. Gijsbert Luikens showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Malte Siöberg in the 14th minute of the match. 19 minutes into the match, Samuel Asplund notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Revenge's Gijsbert Luikens. Gijsbert Luikens was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gijsbert Luikens took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fredric Botvidsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Carlo Planting's late challenge caught a Kind of Blue's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Carlo Planting helped the player get up and apologised. Carlo Planting kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. After recieving a nice pass, Kind of Blue's Freddie Söderlund tried to score from far away in the 27th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 32nd minute, Jan Rein Klap hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gijsbert Luikens showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Malte Siöberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Jan Rein Klap hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Malte Siöberg in the 40th minute of play forced Revenge's goalkeeper Gijsbert Luikens to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Revenge's Gijsbert Luikens played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Samuel Asplund in the 42nd minute of play. Freddie Söderlund recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 44th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 47th minute Per Tunberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gijsbert Luikens saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ab Bekker to make the kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Samuel Asplund in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gijsbert Luikens saved Revenge from getting behind. In the 64th minute the ball was on its way in behind Revenge's goalkeeper Gijsbert Luikens, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 65th minute, Rein Eggens had to leave the field with a concussion. Fredric Botvidsson charged in rather forcefully in the 65th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fredric Botvidsson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Kind of Blue getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Fredric Botvidsson hit a great ball. Stormur Muren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jan Rein Klap, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 73rd match minute, Revenge was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ab Bekker to maneuver through the defense. The audience cheered loudly when Freddie Söderlund's long shot in the 73rd minute became 0-5 when the ball went to the left of and passed Gijsbert Luikens. After 79 played minutes Kind of Blue got a freekick which was hit by Freddie Söderlund. In the 82nd match minute, Kind of Blue was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bengt-Åke Alkvist to maneuver through the defense. Samuel Asplund received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Gijsbert Luikens came out and tried to block the shot, but Samuel Asplund slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 85th minute. The supporters of Revenge booed when Kind of Blue was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Per Tunberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. Revenge's Gijsbert Luikens played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Samuel Asplund in the 92nd minute of play. 94 minutes into the match, Revenge's goalkeeper Gijsbert Luikens had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Per Tunberg. The Revenge fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Kind of Blue were clearly better and deserved to take the win.