U21 League

Frogner Stadion
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Torsten Berglund took the kick off in the first half of the match. Dennis Sondermann showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tom Eriksson, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. In the 17th match minute, Mean Machine was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Torsten Berglund to maneuver through the defense. Ivan Termander received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Casper Kleen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tom Lindström's late challenge caught a Frogner's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tom Lindström helped the player get up and apologised. In the 20th minute, Tom Lindström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Frogner's Benjamin Västberg got a good chance for a goal in the 21st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Casper Kleen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yngve Söderberg in the 23rd minute of play. When Robin Hultstrand fell near the penalty area in the 28th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Mean Machine's protests and gave Robin Hultstrand a yellow card for diving instead. In the 28th minute, Robin Hultstrand hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Casper Kleen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yngve Söderberg in the 31st minute of play. Tom Eriksson might have been able to make a better finish in the 33rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dennis Sondermann. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tom Eriksson ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience thought a goal was coming when Yngve Söderberg got free with Casper Kleen in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Casper Kleen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Birger Överman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Frogner getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Dennis Wiman hit a great ball. In the 44th minute Birger Överman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Casper Kleen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Yngve Söderberg to strike the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Emanuel Vallman during the 52nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Frogner getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Emanuel Vallman hit a great ball. In the 53rd minute, Folke Bergqvist 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. After 57 minutes of play, Frogner's Ivan Termander made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Casper Kleen was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Ivan Termander managed to get in a good position for a shot. Frogner's supporters rose to their feet, but Ivan Termander was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Casper Kleen breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a defensive mix-up in Mean Machine's zone, Ivan Termander stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Casper Kleen came out of the goal and Ivan Termander tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 64th minute Yngve Söderberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Casper Kleen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 69 played minutes Frogner got a freekick which was hit by Karl-Michael Hökqvist. Mean Machine's Folke Bergqvist shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 70th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Dennis Sondermann but with some difficulty. Tom Lindström fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dennis Sondermann having to interfere. Tom Eriksson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Dennis Sondermann made a huge save. 84 minutes into the match, Benjamin Västberg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Casper Kleen. Mean Machine's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Benjamin Västberg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. In the 92nd minute Torsten Berglund shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dennis Sondermann saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rune Åhman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. There was no doubt that Frogner were the better team. Frogner's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.