U23 World League

Tallhöjden
Spectators: 8603 (Terracing: 6451, Seating: 1979, VIP seats: 173) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Victor Santxol kicked off to start the match. Carl Engström made an important save on a dangerous shot by Evren Düden in the 3rd minute. 12 minutes into the match, Victor Santxol notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Anabolic Boys's Kenneth Käcker. Kenneth Käcker was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The throw-in from Billy Fristedt in the 14th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Anabolic Boys's Rickard Lövkvist. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Raihan Sonjaya in the 15th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Carl Engström prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Raihan Sonjaya hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Kenneth Käcker took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vincent Benett, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 33rd minute, Evren Düden reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Carl Engström. The goal made the score 1-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Evren Düden got free with Carl Engström in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 40 minutes into the match, Anabolic Boys's goal looked a bit too open when Vincent Benett came free, but Kenneth Käcker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Anabolic Boys players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Surahammar were winning 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Raihan Sonjaya to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Santxol in the 51st minute of play forced Anabolic Boys's goalkeeper Kenneth Käcker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Carl Engström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raihan Sonjaya, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. In the 59th minute, Surahammar's Cristiano Osman seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Cristiano Osman the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Surahammar protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Cristiano Osman had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Surahammar made a substitution. Zlatan Lion replaced Toninho Lara. Surahammar made a substitution. Folke Skröder replaced Jens Back. Surahammar made a substitution. André Pettersson replaced Victor Santxol. 59 minutes into the game, one of Surahammar:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Anabolic Boys a penalty, 63 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Raihan Sonjaya, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Surahammar's Carl Engström. 2-2. If André Pettersson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anabolic Boys's Fredrik Dahlqvist was substituted for Andres Lander. Julius Klačko blasted a shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Carl Engström having to make a save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Michael Näver during the 73rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 80 minutes of play, Anabolic Boys's Julius Klačko made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Carl Engström was left in no man's land by his defense there! The Anabolic Boys fans' excitement grew in the 87th match minute when Anabolic Boys's Julius Klačko looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Folke Skröder's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Kenneth Käcker firmly grabbed it by the left post. Vincent Benett scored 4-3 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kenneth Käcker, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Kenneth Käcker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Folke Skröder in the 97th minute of play. Anabolic Boys's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.