U18 World League

The Honeypot
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jerry Taube got the match started through his kick off. With a little luck, 11 Schéin Männer's Gaston Kirsch got control of the ball when Hokky Snoobar tried to sneak it across the goal line. 11 Schéin Männer's Gaston Kirsch played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hokky Snoobar in the 5th minute of play. In the 8th minute of the game Timothy Müller made a throw-in which Christof Klepper played forward. With a little luck, 11 Schéin Männer's Gaston Kirsch got control of the ball when Eric Dalström tried to sneak it across the goal line. Sven-Olof Grubb's late challenge caught a 11 Schéin Männer's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sven-Olof Grubb helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Honung's Sven-Olof Grubb got a free kick in the 12th minute. Hokky Snoobar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gaston Kirsch having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in 11 Schéin Männer's zone, Hokky Snoobar stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gaston Kirsch came out of the goal and Hokky Snoobar tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Albert Faas fell near the penalty area in the 20th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 11 Schéin Männer's protests and gave Albert Faas a yellow card for diving instead. In the 20th match minute, 11 Schéin Männer was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Albert Faas to maneuver through the defense. The long shot by Josef Mellin in the 20th minute really tested Gaston Kirsch's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Georg Karlsson in the 22nd minute of play forced 11 Schéin Männer's goalkeeper Gaston Kirsch to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 24th minute, Honung's Alfred Vikström dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Patrick Seimetz hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Hokky Snoobar could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Gaston Kirsch made a huge save. Gaston Kirsch made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfred Vikström in the 34th minute of play. After 35 played minutes Hokky Snoobar rounded 11 Schéin Männer's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-0. In the 39th minute Hokky Snoobar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gaston Kirsch saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alfred Vikström got free with Gaston Kirsch in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 42 minutes into the match, Hokky Snoobar dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Gaston Kirsch, 3-0. After a rather tough play, Honung's Hokky Snoobar got a free kick in the 45th minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Hokky Snoobar was the one to do the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Hokky Snoobar notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of 11 Schéin Männer's Gaston Kirsch. Gaston Kirsch was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gaston Kirsch took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hokky Snoobar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 11 Schéin Männer's Gaston Kirsch played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hokky Snoobar in the 57th minute of play. 11 Schéin Männer's Gaston Kirsch played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfred Vikström in the 59th minute of play. 62 minutes into the match, 11 Schéin Männer's goal looked a bit too open when Marcus Jakobsson came free, but Gaston Kirsch reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 65 minutes into the game, Honung's Hokky Snoobar nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gaston Kirsch made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. Josef Mellin took the ball and in the 77 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gaston Kirsch. Gaston Kirsch dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-0. 80 minutes into the game, Eric Dalström cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-0. Gaston Kirsch was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 84 minutes into the match, Alfred Vikström notched a goal, 8-0, to the right of 11 Schéin Männer's Gaston Kirsch. Gaston Kirsch was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 90 minutes of play, Honung's Hokky Snoobar made it 9-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gaston Kirsch was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcus Jakobsson in the 95th minute of play forced 11 Schéin Männer's goalkeeper Gaston Kirsch to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gaston Kirsch made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hokky Snoobar in the 96th minute of play. Honung'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.