World League

Krutdurken
Spectators: 7577 (Terracing: 5683, Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 151) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Marc Lundgren got the match started through his kick off. Ludomir Sala didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Carmine Topatigh went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Well-Well Qadeishvili received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Ludomir Sala tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Henrik Gadd fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marius Ettori having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Mellanström's Benjamin Browald got a free kick in the 26th minute. Ludomir Sala made an important save on a dangerous shot by Well-Well Qadeishvili in the 27th minute. After 28 played minutes Mellanström got a freekick which was hit by Benjamin Browald. With an all-out effort, Cash Is King's Ludomir Sala threw himself towards the right post 30 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Carmine Topatigh, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After taking down the ball on Cash Is King's corner Eskil Pedersson fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ludomir Sala quite easily take care of the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Well-Well Qadeishvili made the kick off in the second half. After 52 minutes of play, Cash Is King's Rikard Ekerot made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ludomir Sala was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ludomir Sala made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carmine Topatigh in the 55th minute of play. Benjamin Browald made in the 57th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Cash Is King's Alexander Söderkvist. In the 61st minute Well-Well Qadeishvili shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ludomir Sala saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 61 minutes, Well-Well Qadeishvili put it in 3-0 from a short distance just to the right of Ludomir Sala. In the 63rd match minute, Mellanström was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benjamin Browald to maneuver through the defense. Ludomir Sala took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Well-Well Qadeishvili, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kenny Stolpe's late challenge caught a Cash Is King's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kenny Stolpe helped the player get up and apologised. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eskil Pedersson in the 68th minute of play forced Mellanström's goalkeeper Ludomir Sala to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ludomir Sala made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carmine Topatigh in the 70th minute of play. Ludomir Sala showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Well-Well Qadeishvili in the 71st minute of the match. Rikard Ekerot fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ludomir Sala having to interfere. When the match clock showed 81 minutes, the score became 5-0 when Well-Well Qadeishvili sped through Mellanström's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ludomir Sala. Benjamin Browald made in the 84th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Henrik Gadd. Cash Is King's Marius Ettori proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Cash Is King from getting a goal against them. Benjamin Browald got a throw-in 87 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Henrik Gadd. Ludomir Sala showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carmine Topatigh in the 89th minute of the match. Well-Well Qadeishvili struck a weak shot in the 91st minute. Ludomir Sala didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Cash Is King. After some careless play in the Mellanström defense, Well-Well Qadeishvili kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ludomir Sala. The Mellanström fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ludomir Sala should have stopped the shot. Mellanström's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.