U23 League

Meadow Lane
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Karl-Oskar Wennerquist made the kick off which started today's match. Alex Lundkvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Orvar Svanberg in the 3rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Orvar Svanberg in the 3rd minute of play forced Meadow Village's goalkeeper Alex Lundkvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alex Lundkvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Orvar Svanberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. After a rather tough play, Doffes Damer's Herman Abrahamsson got a free kick in the 8th minute. If Orvar Svanberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 11th minute Orvar Svanberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alex Lundkvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 12th minute Jerry Sigman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alex Lundkvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jerry Sigman took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 16th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Alex Lundkvist. Meadow Village's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After 24 minutes of play, Meadow Village's Matthias Bergkvist made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gabriel Fanström was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Karl-Oskar Wennerquist came up free with the goalie in the 31st minute, the Doffes Damer 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 Karl-Oskar Wennerquist couldn't finish the play. In the 32nd match minute, Doffes Damer was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Herman Abrahamsson to maneuver through the defense. Gabriel Fanström made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kent Gabrielsson in the 37th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Kent Gabrielsson made a kick off. Meadow Village's Alex Lundkvist proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 51st minute of the match, managed to save Meadow Village from getting a goal against them. Alex Lundkvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Orvar Svanberg in the 56th minute of the match. 59 minutes into the match, Frans Valrot notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Doffes Damer's Gabriel Fanström. Gabriel Fanström was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 63 minutes into the match, Meadow Village's goal looked a bit too open when Orvar Svanberg came free, but Alex Lundkvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 63 minutes into the game, Orvar Svanberg cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Alex Lundkvist was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 66thth minute of the game Kent Gabrielsson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Doffes Damer's Gabriel Fanström was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 66 minutes, Kent Gabrielsson made it 3-1 with a short kick to the right side. Doffes Damer's Gabriel Fanström tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Meadow Village's Mårten Termander was substituted for Kent Gabrielsson. When Dofri Døffler fell near the penalty area in the 71st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Doffes Damer's protests and gave Dofri Døffler a yellow card for diving instead. Gabriel Fanström came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by Meadow Village's Svante Matsson. But to his dismay, Svante Matsson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. Herman Abrahamsson's late challenge caught a Meadow Village's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Herman Abrahamsson helped the player get up and apologised. After 82 played minutes Doffes Damer got a freekick which was hit by Herman Abrahamsson. If Orvar Svanberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Matthias Bergkvist received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Gabriel Fanström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gabriel Fanström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mårten Termander, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 93 minutes into the match, Doffes Damer's goal looked a bit too open when Matthias Bergkvist came free, but Gabriel Fanström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Doffes Damer's Orvar Svanberg got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Meadow Village's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.