U23 League

Smyckeparken
Spectators: 205 (Terracing: 154, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Victor Santxol got the match started through his kick off. A sloppy throw-in by David Nyström in the 4th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Surahammar's Vincent Benett. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vincent Benett in the 5th minute of play forced Smycketorgets FF's goalkeeper Emanuel Hellqvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 8 played minutes, Surahammar's Toninho Lara shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Emanuel Hellqvist came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Surahammar reached it. Victor Santxol scored 0-2 in the 16th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Emanuel Hellqvist, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Toninho Lara shot from long distance after 19 played minutes, a shot that Emanuel Hellqvist with certain difficulty stopped from going in under the crossbar. In the 21st minute, Victor Santxol left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Surahammar fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. In the 24th minute the ball was on its way in behind Smycketorgets FF's goalkeeper Emanuel Hellqvist, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 25 minutes into the game, Surahammar's Victor Santxol nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Emanuel Hellqvist made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. 28 minutes into the game, Surahammar's Victor Santxol nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Emanuel Hellqvist made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. Emanuel Hellqvist came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Surahammar's Victor Santxol. But to his dismay, Victor Santxol quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-7. Surahammar's Victor Santxol got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 40th minute Victor Santxol shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emanuel Hellqvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 43rd minute, Victor Santxol made a precise shot to the right of Emanuel Hellqvist. Smycketorgets FF's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-8. After the first half Surahammar were leading 0-8. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Matthias Ahlberg to make the kick off. Victor Santxol's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Emanuel Hellqvist read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 55th minute of play. 55 minutes into the game, Victor Santxol recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Emanuel Hellqvist. Victor Santxol showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-9. Surahammar made a substitution. Folke Skröder replaced Jens Back. Surahammar made a substitution. André Pettersson replaced Victor Santxol. In the 60th minute of the game Pär Fastesson made a throw-in which Martin Lundgren played forward. In the 61st minute, Surahammar's André Pettersson dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-10. In the 63rd minute, André Pettersson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 66th minute, Martin Lundgren got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 68th minute, André Pettersson reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Emanuel Hellqvist. The goal made the score 0-11. David Nyström made in the 71st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Surahammar's Mark Brovall. André Pettersson's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 74thth minute, Emanuel Hellqvist skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 75th minute, Surahammar's André Pettersson ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Emanuel Hellqvist. Emanuel Hellqvist yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-12. After 78 played minutes Surahammar got a freekick which was hit by Markus Wallman. After some careless play in the Smycketorgets FF defense, André Pettersson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Emanuel Hellqvist. The Smycketorgets FF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Emanuel Hellqvist should have stopped the shot. André Pettersson scored 0-15 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Emanuel Hellqvist, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Emanuel Hellqvist stood somewhat misplaced when André Pettersson came free in front of goal and shot 0-16 to the left of him in the 92 minute. André Pettersson took the ball and in the 95 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Emanuel Hellqvist. Emanuel Hellqvist dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-17. The Smycketorgets FF fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Surahammar were clearly better and deserved to take the win.