U21 World League

Petrovskiy Park
Spectators: 8042 (Terracing: 6032, Seating: 1850, VIP seats: 160) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nelson Young made the kick off which started today's match. In the 2nd minute Nelson Young shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kenny Holmberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 3 minutes, Philip Modig mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the IFK Gladdarna and the Dynamite players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, IFK Gladdarna's Philip Modig got a free kick in the 3rd minute. In the 4th minute of the match Evgeniy Uhov shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Kenny Holmberg showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Ivan Lepskiy's late challenge caught a IFK Gladdarna's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ivan Lepskiy helped the player get up and apologised. IFK Gladdarna's Claude Makélélé was substituted for Jakob Koch. After 9 played minutes Dynamite got a freekick which was hit by Ivan Lepskiy. Felix Poggi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Sundin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nelson Young in the 15th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kenny Holmberg saved IFK Gladdarna from getting behind. Kenny Holmberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nelson Young in the 17th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Dynamite's Ivan Lepskiy got a free kick in the 17th minute. In the 22nd minute, Dynamite's Nelson Young ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Kenny Holmberg. Kenny Holmberg yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. The supporters of IFK Gladdarna booed when Dynamite was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mark Lapin didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claude Makélélé in the 32nd minute of play forced Dynamite's goalkeeper Felix Poggi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Philip Modig kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. After having played for 35 minutes, Nelson Young managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Dynamite's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nelson Young was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Evgeniy Uhov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kenny Holmberg having to interfere. Dynamite's Felix Poggi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Sundin in the 41st minute of play. 43 minutes into the game, Ke Mo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Dynamite's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave IFK Gladdarna the free kick. In the 43rd match minute, Dynamite was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ke Mo to maneuver through the defense. 46 minutes into the match, Dynamite's goal looked a bit too open when Claude Makélélé came free, but Felix Poggi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nelson Young in the 47th minute of play forced IFK Gladdarna's goalkeeper Kenny Holmberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 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.

Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Emil Trulsson in the 51st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Felix Poggi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After taking down the ball on IFK Gladdarna's corner Robert Petersson fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Felix Poggi quite easily take care of the ball. Dynamite's Nelson Young got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 58 minutes into the match, Nelson Young notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of IFK Gladdarna's Kenny Holmberg. Kenny Holmberg was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emil Trulsson in the 61st minute of play forced Dynamite's goalkeeper Felix Poggi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 62 minutes, Claude Makélélé mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the IFK Gladdarna and the Dynamite players grew even worse after the yellow card. Felix Poggi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Claude Makélélé's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. If Arseniy Pekarskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nelson Young in the 68th minute of play forced IFK Gladdarna's goalkeeper Kenny Holmberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Dynamite getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Stanislav Bessmertnyi hit a great ball. David Arenstedt could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Felix Poggi made a huge save. 72 minutes had been played when some careless play by Dynamite's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. David Arenstedt was slow to take the kick. During this time IFK Gladdarna's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Dynamite's goalie and right to Claude Makélélé. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Dynamite's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. When the match clock showed 74 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Nelson Young sped through IFK Gladdarna's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Kenny Holmberg. 76 minutes into the match, Dynamite's goalkeeper Felix Poggi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Martin Sundin. Emil Trulsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Felix Poggi made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Claude Makélélé sent off a good shot on target. Kenny Holmberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nelson Young in the 83rd minute of the match. With a little luck, Dynamite's Felix Poggi got control of the ball when Martin Sundin tried to sneak it across the goal line. Evgeniy Uhov charged in rather forcefully in the 86th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Evgeniy Uhov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Dynamite getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Evgeniy Uhov hit a great ball. Kenny Holmberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nelson Young, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Víktor Okiche's late challenge caught a IFK Gladdarna's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Víktor Okiche helped the player get up and apologised. David Arenstedt took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 93rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Felix Poggi. Dynamite's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line.