World League

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Spectators: 7522 (Terracing: 5642, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when John Källberg took the kick off in the first half of the match. John Källberg scored 0-1 in the 3rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lars Norberg, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Kaj Hård's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Manfred Fribäck read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 7th minute of play. Norrlands Athen's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jakob Friberger in the 10th minute. Manfred Fribäck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kaj Hård in the 13th minute of the match. Atakan Pepe's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 14thth minute, Manfred Fribäck skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When Norrlands Athen's John Källberg in the 16th minute got a chance for a shot 16th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye spikarna's goalie prevented a goal. In the 26th minute Christoffer Hansson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manfred Fribäck saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 27 played minutes Norrlands Athen got a freekick which was hit by Wieslaw Trzenzalski. If John Källberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by John Källberg in the 32nd minute of play forced spikarna's goalkeeper Lars Norberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 35thth minute of the game John Källberg who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but spikarna's Lars Norberg was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 36th minute, Birger Bergström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 37 minutes into the match, Norrlands Athen's Jakob Friberger broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. 39 minutes into the match, Norrlands Athen's goalkeeper Manfred Fribäck had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kaj Hård. The audience was convinced that John Källberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lars Norberg was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. Lars Norberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from John Källberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. The spikarna players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Norrlands Athen were winning 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kaj Hård to make the kick off. Manfred Fribäck came out of the goal in the 51st minute to try and stop a shot by spikarna's Kaj Hård. But to his dismay, Kaj Hård quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. spikarna's Lars Norberg proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save spikarna from getting a goal against them. Manfred Fribäck took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sven Nordkvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 64 minutes spikarna's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jakob Friberger who took care of the corner kick. Norrlands Athen's Manfred Fribäck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Niklas Söderberg in the 66th minute of play. Lars Norberg made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when John Carew sent off a good shot on target. 75 minutes into the match, John Källberg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lars Norberg. spikarna's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that John Källberg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Erik Ljusberg blasted a shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Lars Norberg having to make a save. Lars Norberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erik Ljusberg in the 79th minute of play. Erik Ljusberg might have been able to make a better finish in the 82nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lars Norberg. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Erik Ljusberg ran back to his position shaking his head. Lars Norberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erik Ljusberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Erik Ljusberg might have been able to make a better finish in the 85th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lars Norberg. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Erik Ljusberg ran back to his position shaking his head. spikarna's Lars Norberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erik Ljusberg in the 85th minute of play. 89 minutes into the game, Erik Ljusberg cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Lars Norberg was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 93 played minutes Norrlands Athen got a freekick which was hit by Larry Tatum. Manfred Fribäck showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sven Nordkvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. Manfred Fribäck showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sven Nordkvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Norrlands Athen eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.