U23 World League

Neustadt Arena
Spectators: 7492 (Terracing: 5620, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ramon Caniggia made the kick off which started today's match. Vilgot Palmquist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ramon Caniggia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 7th minute, Mattias Cassel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 12 minutes into the game, Dymarki Wejherowo's Ramon Caniggia nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Vilgot Palmquist made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. The audience thought a goal was coming when Czeslaw Penczkowski got free with Vilgot Palmquist in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Vilgot Palmquist made a fantastic save in the 28th minute, when Czeslaw Penczkowski sent off a good shot on target. After having played for 38 minutes, George Gunnarsson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Linköpings AIK's supporters crossed their fingers, but George Gunnarsson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 41 minutes into the match, Dymarki Wejherowo's goal looked a bit too open when George Gunnarsson came free, but Marek Czeszejko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ramon Caniggia in the 43rd minute of play forced Linköpings AIK's goalkeeper Vilgot Palmquist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Arvid Carlsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marek Czeszejko was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for George Gunnarsson to strike the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Linköpings AIK's goal looked a bit too open when Ramon Caniggia came free, but Vilgot Palmquist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Linköpings AIK's Vilgot Palmquist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ramon Caniggia in the 54th minute of play. In the 59th minute Roman Penczkowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vilgot Palmquist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zebastian Wennerqvist hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. After 63 played minutes Linköpings AIK got a freekick which was hit by Zebastian Wennerqvist. An unexpectedly hard shot by Izydor Dziedziak in the 64th minute of play forced Linköpings AIK's goalkeeper Vilgot Palmquist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 66 minutes into the match, Dymarki Wejherowo's goalkeeper Marek Czeszejko had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by George Gunnarsson. Linköpings AIK's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Birger Gudmundsson in the 67th minute. Birger Gudmundsson made a great header on Linköpings AIK's corner, it was just that Dymarki Wejherowo's Marek Czeszejko managed to reach the ball for a save. Vilgot Palmquist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ramon Caniggia in the 69th minute of the match. Tolek Maurycy kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. The referee felt a red card was in order, 78 minutes into the game, when Allan Karlsson put in a rough tackle. The referee gave Dymarki Wejherowo a penalty, 79 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Izydor Dziedziak, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Linköpings AIK's Vilgot Palmquist. 2-3. With a little luck, Dymarki Wejherowo's Marek Czeszejko got control of the ball when George Gunnarsson tried to sneak it across the goal line. Vilgot Palmquist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ramon Caniggia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When George Gunnarsson came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the Linköpings AIK 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 George Gunnarsson couldn't finish the play. Linköpings AIK's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.