U23 League

Norrestad Arena
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Christian Holmstedt started the match with the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Landskrona United's zone, Leonardo Kristiansson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fredrik Östlund came out of the goal and Leonardo Kristiansson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Leonardo Kristiansson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. David Lundgren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christian Holmstedt in the 11th minute of play. Fredrik Östlund took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonardo Kristiansson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Landskrona United's Fredrik Östlund played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leonardo Kristiansson in the 15th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Kent Nordin during the 19th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Christian Holmstedt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. David Lundgren tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Kent Nordin in the 23rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fredrik Östlund saved Landskrona United from getting behind. 26 minutes into the game, Jörgen Ström was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Redbull Sala's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Landskrona United the free kick. With a little luck, Redbull Sala's David Lundgren got control of the ball when Kjell Hägert tried to sneak it across the goal line. Landskrona United's Fredrik Östlund played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kent Nordin in the 36th minute of play. In the 42nd match minute, Redbull Sala was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jörgen Ström to maneuver through the defense.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kent Nordin to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonardo Kristiansson in the 56th minute of play forced Landskrona United's goalkeeper Fredrik Östlund to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Christian Holmstedt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. David Lundgren tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 61 minutes in the game, Inge Mager fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Fredrik Östlund having to interfere. Fredrik Östlund was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Kent Nordin showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-1 in the 63 minute of play. During the 73rd minute of the match Jörgen Ström completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Jörgen Ström a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Kent Nordin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fredrik Östlund having to interfere. Fredrik Östlund didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kent Nordin went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. 87 minutes had been played when some careless play by Landskrona United's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nils Helström was slow to take the kick. During this time Redbull Sala's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Inge Mager got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Fredrik Östlund quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 91 minutes into the match, Redbull Sala's goal looked a bit too open when Kjell Hägert came free, but David Lundgren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match was over Redbull Sala could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Landskrona United throughout the match.