U21 World League

Zlatan Arena
Spectators: 7530 (Terracing: 5649, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Dave Woodier got the match started through his kick off. Tom Andberg made in the 5th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Lars Örtlund. After a defensive mix-up in Real Roma's zone, Lars Örtlund stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Caleb Price came out of the goal and Lars Örtlund tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Caleb Price showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zlatan Speed in the 10th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zlatan Speed got free with Caleb Price in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 16 minutes into the match, Real Roma's goal looked a bit too open when Zlatan Speed came free, but Caleb Price reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With an all-out effort, Zlatan BK's Caleb Price threw himself towards the right post 18 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Valentin Salqvist, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Patrick Eliasson charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Patrick Eliasson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 19th minute, Patrick Eliasson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Crispin Boulton, 19 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. 21 minutes into the match, Real Roma's goalkeeper Caleb Price had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Valentin Salqvist. With a little luck, Real Roma's Caleb Price got control of the ball when Zlatan Speed tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Zlatan Speed's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Caleb Price was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. Thor Månsson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Caleb Price made a huge save. Caleb Price showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valentin Salqvist in the 30th minute of the match. In the 34th minute, Zlatan Speed ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Caleb Price was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Caleb Price took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentin Salqvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Zlatan BK booed when Real Roma was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Louie Morley didn't get a good kick on the ball. 41 minutes into the game, Philip Harrad was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Real Roma's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Zlatan BK the free kick. A collision led to Real Roma getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Philip Harrad hit a great ball. 43 minutes into the match, Real Roma's goalkeeper Caleb Price had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zlatan Speed. Billy Pihl made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dave Woodier in the 44th minute of play. Caleb Price didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zlatan Speed went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Real Roma's Wesley Wendon quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Zlatan Backer, made in the 54th minute of the game. Zlatan BK's Patrick Eliasson got his second yellow card of the match in the 54th minute. The referee ordered Patrick Eliasson off the ground. Patrick Eliasson hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. In the 56th minute of the match Crispin Boulton sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Billy Pihl skillfully saved the ball. After having played for 59 minutes, Kim Njurenius managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Zlatan BK's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kim Njurenius was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Zlatan Speed scored 3-0 in the 60th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Caleb Price, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Caleb Price made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zlatan Speed in the 63rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Zlatan BK's Zlatan Backer got a free kick in the 73rd minute. After 74 minutes, Luís Guilherme Rodrigues Da Silva mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Real Roma and the Zlatan BK players grew even worse after the yellow card. Luís Guilherme Rodrigues Da Silva hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Louie Morley's late challenge caught a Zlatan BK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Louie Morley helped the player get up and apologised. A sloppy throw-in by Tom Andberg in the 82nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Real Roma's Wesley Wendon. Billy Pihl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dave Woodier in the 83rd minute of the match. In the 89th match minute, Real Roma was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Louie Morley to maneuver through the defense. Thor Månsson's shot from long distance was a real pearl which went to the right and just passed Caleb Price - 4-0 was put on the score board in the 89th minute. After 94 played minutes Real Roma got a freekick which was hit by Crispin Boulton. 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. Zlatan BK fully deserved thier win.