U23 World League

Paladin Hill
Spectators: 7465 (Terracing: 5600, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Joacim Strömbom took the kick off in the first half of the match. If Henric Wållander had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Oliver Bergstedt received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Gaspar Leheren came out and tried to block the shot, but Oliver Bergstedt slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 5th minute. When Henric Wållander came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the BENA FK fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Henric Wållander couldn't finish the play. If Henric Wållander had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Björn Larsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joacim Strömbom, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Henric Wållander took the ball and in the 23 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Björn Larsson. Björn Larsson dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. Libra's Björn Larsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alf Lund in the 25th minute of play. Jörn Hedbom kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. After 30 played minutes Libra got a freekick which was hit by Oliver Bergstedt. When Ivar Lidberg fell near the penalty area in the 35th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored BENA FK's protests and gave Ivar Lidberg a yellow card for diving instead. In the 35th match minute, BENA FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ivar Lidberg to maneuver through the defense. BENA FK's Gaspar Leheren proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save BENA FK from getting a goal against them. 39 minutes into the match, Joacim Strömbom had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Björn Larsson. Libra's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joacim Strömbom was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Henric Wållander received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Björn Larsson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Oliver Bergstedt stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the Libra defense, Alf Lund kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Björn Larsson. The Libra fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Björn Larsson should have stopped the shot. In the 56th minute, BENA FK's Joacim Strömbom ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Björn Larsson. Björn Larsson yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-5. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Oliver Bergstedt during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 58th match minute, Libra was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Oliver Bergstedt to maneuver through the defense. Björn Larsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ludvig Söderquist in the 59th minute of play. Björn Larsson was a little too slow when Ludvig Söderquist got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 61st minute. The score was now 1-6. If Henric Wållander had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Alf Lund's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Björn Larsson read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 72nd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Sven Tunström's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gaspar Leheren was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. 78 minutes into the match, Ludvig Söderquist dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Björn Larsson, 1-7. Libra's Björn Larsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joacim Strömbom in the 83rd minute of play. After having played for 85 minutes, Ludvig Söderquist managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. BENA FK's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ludvig Söderquist was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Björn Larsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joacim Strömbom in the 87th minute of play. After a rather tough play, BENA FK's Jakob Öfverman got a free kick in the 91st minute. BENA FK's Gaspar Leheren played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kjell-Arne Blomqvist in the 94th minute of play.