U23 World League

Zinho de Oliveira
Spectators: 7458 (Terracing: 5594, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) 4 minutes into the match, Gavião Kyikatejê's goal looked a bit too open when Sixten Sundberg came free, but Kenneth McGilbert reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kenneth McGilbert showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ragnar Fribäck, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ragnar Fribäck in the 6th minute of play forced Gavião Kyikatejê's goalkeeper Kenneth McGilbert to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kenneth McGilbert showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sixten Sundberg in the 7th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ragnar Fribäck in the 9th minute of play forced Gavião Kyikatejê's goalkeeper Kenneth McGilbert to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 14th minute, Bengt Hamberg left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The JKs Talanger fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Kenneth McGilbert made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sixten Sundberg in the 19th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ragnar Fribäck in the 21st minute of play forced Gavião Kyikatejê's goalkeeper Kenneth McGilbert to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kenneth McGilbert took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Abrahamsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kenneth McGilbert took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sixten Sundberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 28th match minute, JKs Talanger was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sixten Sundberg to maneuver through the defense. After 30 played minutes Gavião Kyikatejê got a freekick which was hit by Gregor Nelson. Viktor Mickelsson charged in rather forcefully in the 34th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Viktor Mickelsson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Viktor Mickelsson hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Steve McWattie hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. Kenneth McGilbert took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bengt Hamberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to JKs Talanger getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Jonas Bergström hit a great ball. In the 44th minute Sixten Sundberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kenneth McGilbert saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 48th minute, Matthias Fransson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The JKs Talanger fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Sixten Sundberg to strike the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, Sixten Sundberg dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Kenneth McGilbert, 0-3. Viktor Mickelsson received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Kenneth McGilbert came out and tried to block the shot, but Viktor Mickelsson slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 57th minute. Gavião Kyikatejê's attentive Steve McWattie managed to snatch the ball when Jonas Bergström made a throw-in in the 62nd minute of the game. A collision led to JKs Talanger getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Matthias Fransson hit a great ball. Kenneth McGilbert showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ragnar Fribäck, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Kenneth McGilbert was a little too slow when Viktor Mickelsson got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 70th minute. The score was now 0-5. In the 73rd minute, Ragnar Fribäck made a precise shot to the right of Kenneth McGilbert. Gavião Kyikatejê's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. Kenneth McGilbert was a little too slow when Ragnar Fribäck got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 76th minute. The score was now 0-7. Kenneth McGilbert made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ragnar Fribäck in the 80th minute of play. With an all-out effort, JKs Talanger's Kenneth McGilbert threw himself towards the right post 81 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Sixten Sundberg, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 82 minutes into the game, JKs Talanger's Ragnar Fribäck nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kenneth McGilbert made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-8. Kenneth McGilbert came out of the goal in the 88th minute to try and stop a shot by JKs Talanger's Bengt Hamberg. But to his dismay, Bengt Hamberg quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-9. Ragnar Fribäck charged in rather forcefully in the 91st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ragnar Fribäck the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 91st minute, Ragnar Fribäck hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Bengt Hamberg kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Kenneth McGilbert. That made the score 0-10 in the 96 minute of play. The Gavião Kyikatejê fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. JKs Talanger were clearly better and deserved to take the win.