U23 World League

Eleda Stadion
Spectators: 9716 (Terracing: 7300, Seating: 2200, VIP seats: 216) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Wu Qi made the kick off which started today's match. Samurai made a substitution. Åke Hamnberg replaced Timmy Henriksson. Samurai:s Bai Kun De showed great skill when he stopped He Xiao:s penalty. Bai Kun De showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kjell-Arne Edström, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. In the 17th minute, Wu Qi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Samurai fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 1910 Di Blåe's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by He Xiao in the 21st minute. Wu Qi scored 0-2 in the 24th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kristoffer Martinsson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rutger Vallander in the 26th minute of play forced 1910 Di Blåe's goalkeeper Kristoffer Martinsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kjell-Arne Edström could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Bai Kun De made a huge save. Kristoffer Martinsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wu Qi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kristoffer Martinsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wu Qi, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. The audience was convinced that Joakim Boklund's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bai Kun De was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. Johan Vásquez made in the 46th minute of the game a quick throw-in and He Xiao immediately put the ball in play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Joakim Boklund was the one to do the kick off. In the 50th minute, Andres Gergori hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joakim Boklund in the 51st minute of play forced Samurai's goalkeeper Bai Kun De to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bai Kun De took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kjell-Arne Edström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 55th minute Kjell-Arne Edström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bai Kun De saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 60 minutes into the match, 1910 Di Blåe's goal looked a bit too open when Wu Qi came free, but Kristoffer Martinsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Samurai's Bai Kun De played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joakim Boklund in the 61st minute of play. Bai Kun De showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joakim Boklund in the 63rd minute of the match. Kristoffer Martinsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wu Qi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kristoffer Martinsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wu Qi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 1910 Di Blåe made a substitution. Nils-Åke Lundgren replaced Kjell-Arne Edström. 1910 Di Blåe made a substitution. Jens-Ove Malm replaced Joakim Boklund. 70 minutes had been played when some careless play by 1910 Di Blåe's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pat Lloret was slow to take the kick. During this time Samurai's players had a chance to rest. 71 minutes into the match, Wu Qi notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of 1910 Di Blåe's Kristoffer Martinsson. Kristoffer Martinsson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Wu Qi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Kristoffer Martinsson made a huge save. 80 minutes into the match, 1910 Di Blåe's Nils-Åke Lundgren sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bai Kun De narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 82nd match minute, 1910 Di Blåe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jens-Ove Malm to maneuver through the defense. Bai Kun De showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nils-Åke Lundgren in the 89th minute of the match. After 90 minutes of play, 1910 Di Blåe's Nils-Åke Lundgren made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bai Kun De was left in no man's land by his defense there! Kristoffer Martinsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wu Qi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kristoffer Martinsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wu Qi in the 95th minute of the match. Samurai's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.