U23 World League

Santiago Bernabéu
Spectators: 8053 (Terracing: 6041, Seating: 1852, VIP seats: 160) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gonzalo Maradona took the kick off in the first half of the match. Timo Rokmann hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. 7 minutes into the match, Scrotum Kickers FC's goalkeeper Per-Oskar Söderström had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bernhard Hafjall. In the 9thth minute of the game Vilhelm Rosin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Strib Galacticos IF's Gunvald Glarkrog was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some careless play in the Strib Galacticos IF defense, Cosmin Donecea kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gunvald Glarkrog. The Strib Galacticos IF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gunvald Glarkrog should have stopped the shot. Gunvald Glarkrog didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cosmin Donecea went, in the 17th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, Strib Galacticos IF's Rikardt Kirkel got a free kick in the 20th minute. Gunvald Glarkrog made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gonzalo Maradona in the 21st minute of play. In the 22nd minute, Sivart Djursgård hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gunvald Glarkrog showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cosmin Donecea in the 27th minute of the match. After 27 minutes of play, Scrotum Kickers FC's Cosmin Donecea made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gunvald Glarkrog was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 33 played minutes Strib Galacticos IF got a freekick which was hit by Sivart Djursgård. Gunvald Glarkrog took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rudolf Gråberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gonzalo Maradona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gunvald Glarkrog having to interfere. When Cosmin Donecea came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the Scrotum Kickers FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Cosmin Donecea couldn't finish the play. He Kun Zheng kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Karljohan Bjørnson to strike the kick off in the second half. When Bernhard Hafjall, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 52 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Per-Oskar Söderström was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. 54 minutes into the game, Karljohan Bjørnson was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Strib Galacticos IF's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Scrotum Kickers FC the free kick. A collision led to Strib Galacticos IF getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Karljohan Bjørnson hit a great ball. In the 55th minute Cosmin Donecea shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gunvald Glarkrog saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Scrotum Kickers FC made a substitution. Joakim Sjögren replaced Rudolf Gråberg. In the 64th match minute, Strib Galacticos IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sivart Djursgård to maneuver through the defense. 66 minutes into the game, Joakim Sjögren recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Gunvald Glarkrog. Joakim Sjögren showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-4. Gunvald Glarkrog showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vilhelm Rosin in the 68th minute of the match. Gunvald Glarkrog showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cosmin Donecea, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. Gunvald Glarkrog made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cosmin Donecea in the 76th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rikardt Kirkel during the 87th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Scrotum Kickers FC booed when Strib Galacticos IF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rikardt Kirkel didn't get a good kick on the ball. 96 minutes into the game, Vilhelm Rosin recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Gunvald Glarkrog. Vilhelm Rosin showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-5. The Strib Galacticos IF fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Scrotum Kickers FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.