U18 League

Rudyard
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Magnus Ekström got the match started through his kick off. Ingvar Vik received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Sivert Bergman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 10th minute Karl-Magnus Vikström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tom Henriksson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With 12 minutes on the clock, Mats Forssell commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 14th minute there was a penalty for Aguardiente Antioqueño. Per Åhlberg stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Tom Henriksson. 0-1. When Ingvar Vik fell near the penalty area in the 20th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Rikki-Tikki-Tavi's protests and gave Ingvar Vik a yellow card for diving instead. Ingvar Vik hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. If Douglas Bocklund had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 30th minute, Thomas Jönsson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tom Henriksson was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Sivert Bergman made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ingvar Vik in the 36th minute. Tom Henriksson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thomas Jönsson in the 40th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Rickard Smed managed to get in a good position for a shot. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi's supporters rose to their feet, but Rickard Smed was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sivert Bergman breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a defensive mix-up in Aguardiente Antioqueño's zone, Ingvar Vik stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sivert Bergman came out of the goal and Ingvar Vik tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The wind increased when Patrik Eriksson made the kick off in the second half. When Ingvar Vik came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the Rikki-Tikki-Tavi 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 Ingvar Vik couldn't finish the play. Sivert Bergman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Douglas Bocklund, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. 62 minutes into the match, Thomas Jönsson dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Tom Henriksson, 0-5. In the 68th minute Thomas Jönsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tom Henriksson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Douglas Bocklund in the 72nd minute of play forced Aguardiente Antioqueño's goalkeeper Sivert Bergman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Douglas Bocklund fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sivert Bergman having to interfere. Sivert Bergman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Douglas Bocklund, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Sivert Bergman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Douglas Bocklund in the 86th minute of play. In the 86th match minute, Aguardiente Antioqueño was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Karl-Magnus Vikström to maneuver through the defense. In the 89th minute Ingvar Vik shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sivert Bergman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 92nd match minute, Aguardiente Antioqueño was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Oswald Mosley to maneuver through the defense. Aguardiente Antioqueño were delighted with the way they had won the match. They had held their defensive line well and made the most of their chances, to claim a victory over Rikki-Tikki-Tavi's much stronger midfield.