U18 World League

The Boozer
Spectators: 7577 (Terracing: 5683, Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 151) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Elof Söderström got the match started through his kick off. Bennis's Rickard Lilja played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Otto Dillon in the 4th minute of play. 5 minutes had been played when some careless play by Bennis's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Russ Weatherby was slow to take the kick. During this time Flying Hellfish's players had a chance to rest. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Otto Dillon got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 1-0. 6 minutes into the match. In the 10th minute Dean Quinnell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rickard Lilja saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dean Quinnell in the 16th minute of play forced Bennis's goalkeeper Rickard Lilja to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Caine Tucknott made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sven-Arne Eklund in the 17th minute of play. Bennis's Rickard Lilja played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dean Quinnell in the 18th minute of play. If Torbjörn Alrot had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rickard Lilja didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Otto Dillon went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. In the 29th minute, Flying Hellfish's Otto Dillon dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-0. Rickard Lilja didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Flying Hellfish's Otto Dillon shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 5-0 in the ordered_time% minute. After 35 played minutes Flying Hellfish got a freekick which was hit by Dean Quinnell. Rickard Lilja was a little too slow when Dean Quinnell got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 38th minute. The score was now 6-0. The audience was convinced that Otto Dillon's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rickard Lilja was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Bennis's Elof Söderström got a free kick in the 45th minute. 47 minutes into the match, Flying Hellfish's Dean Quinnell sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rickard Lilja narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 6-0.

Elof Söderström scored 6-1 in the 53rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Caine Tucknott, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam James in the 61st minute of play forced Bennis's goalkeeper Rickard Lilja to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Otto Dillon's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rickard Lilja was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. Marko Simonsson kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. If Adam James had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 69th match minute, Bennis was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Elof Söderström to maneuver through the defense. Rickard Lilja showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dean Quinnell in the 71st minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Flying Hellfish's zone, Hans Kielberg stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Caine Tucknott came out of the goal and Hans Kielberg tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 78th minute, Dean Quinnell left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Flying Hellfish fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-1. Adam James fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rickard Lilja having to interfere. After having played for 87 minutes, Dean Quinnell managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Flying Hellfish's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dean Quinnell was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 93 minutes, Otto Dillon mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Flying Hellfish and the Bennis players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Flying Hellfish's Otto Dillon got a free kick in the 94th minute. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Flying Hellfish fully deserved thier win.