U18 League

TAMANZEV ACADEMY U21
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Sven-Edvin Moberg kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, Slipmaskinerna's Sven-Edvin Moberg got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Gunnar Abrahamsson hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. 12 minutes into the match, Gunnar Abrahamsson notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of TAMANZEV ACADEMY U21's Verner Holmberg. Verner Holmberg was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 15th minute, Slipmaskinerna's Edvard Jönsson seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Edvard Jönsson the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Slipmaskinerna protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Edvard Jönsson had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After 16 played minutes Slipmaskinerna got a freekick which was hit by Edvard Jönsson. 19 minutes into the match, Slipmaskinerna's goalkeeper Jens-Åke Blixt had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sven-Erik Forsberg. Verner Holmberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gunnar Abrahamsson in the 20th minute of the match. 21 minutes into the game, Gösta Boman was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. TAMANZEV ACADEMY U21's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Slipmaskinerna the free kick. After a rather tough play, TAMANZEV ACADEMY U21's Gösta Boman got a free kick in the 21st minute. In the 22nd minute, Alf Brolin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 25th minute Fred Forssell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Verner Holmberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Verner Holmberg stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jonas Spetz's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. Gunnar Abrahamsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Verner Holmberg having to interfere. In the 33rd match minute, Slipmaskinerna was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robert Stenkvist to maneuver through the defense. After 37 minutes of play, Slipmaskinerna's Jonas Spetz made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Verner Holmberg was left in no man's land by his defense there! Slipmaskinerna's Jonas Spetz got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sven-Erik Forsberg stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tony Waller in the 52nd minute of play forced Slipmaskinerna's goalkeeper Jens-Åke Blixt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fred Forssell's late challenge caught a TAMANZEV ACADEMY U21's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fred Forssell helped the player get up and apologised. Fred Forssell hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Jens-Åke Blixt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zebastian Sigfridsson in the 58th minute of the match. TAMANZEV ACADEMY U21's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tony Waller in the 59th minute. In the 61st minute, Fred Forssell ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Verner Holmberg was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. In the 71st minute of the match, Gunnar Abrahamsson tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Verner Holmberg saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. TAMANZEV ACADEMY U21's defense didn't have a chance, in the 72nd minute, when Jonas Spetz scored to the left of an out of position Verner Holmberg, making the score, 1-4. Verner Holmberg was a little too slow when Gunnar Abrahamsson got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 76th minute. The score was now 1-5. Jonas Spetz succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-6 in the 79th playminute. Fred Forssell sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 88th match minute, TAMANZEV ACADEMY U21 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carl Isaksson to maneuver through the defense. Verner Holmberg was out of position in the 93 minute of play, and Jonas Spetz capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Jonas Spetz really showed his touch with that goal: 1-7. The TAMANZEV ACADEMY U21 supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Slipmaskinerna's performance. The match ended with a win for Slipmaskinerna.