U18 League

Falkenberg Arena
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Louie Hellemann kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, Savage Hippo's Algitas Mažeikis got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Mantas Puikys was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Louie Hellemann showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 5 minute of play. In the 8th match minute, FC Falkenberg was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Erling Gyldenbrand to maneuver through the defense. Nerijus Narkūnas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Konrad Højbjerg having to interfere. Roger Dragvig charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Roger Dragvig the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Roger Dragvig hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Erling Gyldenbrand hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Algitas Mažeikis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Konrad Højbjerg was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, FC Falkenberg's Rikardt Brændbjerg got a free kick in the 13th minute. In the 14th minute of the match Mantvydas Silevičius shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Konrad Højbjerg showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Konrad Højbjerg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mantvydas Silevičius, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. After a defensive mix-up in FC Falkenberg's zone, Nerijus Narkūnas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Konrad Højbjerg came out of the goal and Nerijus Narkūnas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 23rd minute, Rikardt Brændbjerg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nerijus Narkūnas might have been able to make a better finish in the 24th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Konrad Højbjerg. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nerijus Narkūnas ran back to his position shaking his head. Mantvydas Silevičius sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alvydas Gabriūnas was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 29 minutes into the match. 28 minutes into the game, one of Savage Hippo:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 30th minute there was a penalty for FC Falkenberg. Louie Hellemann stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Mantas Puikys. 2-0. In the 33rd minute, Mantas Vilčiauskas 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. Nerijus Narkūnas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

After a rather tough play, Savage Hippo's Nerijus Narkūnas got a free kick in the 58th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 61st minute, Nerijus Narkūnas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Savage Hippo's supporters rose to their feet, but Nerijus Narkūnas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Konrad Højbjerg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 62nd match minute, FC Falkenberg was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Al Aunum to maneuver through the defense. In the 66th minute Al Aunum shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mantas Puikys saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Savage Hippo's Einaras Bagdžiūnas got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Nerijus Narkūnas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Savage Hippo's supporters rose to their feet, but Nerijus Narkūnas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Konrad Højbjerg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Algimantas Zakaras kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. Algitas Mažeikis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The FC Falkenberg support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.