U23 World League

The Magic Dome
Spectators: 7875 (Terracing: 5907, Seating: 1811, VIP seats: 157) Christian Sjödin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adriano Ribeiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 4 minutes into the match, The Obscurials's goal looked a bit too open when Arvid Vallman came free, but Safet Hands reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adriano Ribeiro in the 5th minute of play forced Blåränderna's goalkeeper Christian Sjödin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 6th minute Marius Pașcanu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Safet Hands saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 16th minute, Arvid Vallman ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Safet Hands was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Safet Hands made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marius Pașcanu in the 25th minute of play. Walmir Tasso kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. 30 minutes into the match, The Obscurials's goal looked a bit too open when Jerry Vallman came free, but Safet Hands reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Safet Hands came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Blåränderna's Arvid Vallman. But to his dismay, Arvid Vallman quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Safet Hands showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marius Pașcanu in the 37th minute of the match. Anders Westerstrand received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Christian Sjödin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Christian Sjödin made a fantastic save in the 44th minute, when Adriano Ribeiro sent off a good shot on target. Blåränderna's Jerry Vallman pulled a muscle in his leg after 45 minutes and couldn't finish the game. After 45 minutes, Sabastian Norman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the The Obscurials and the Blåränderna players grew even worse after the yellow card. Blåränderna made a substitution. Jens-Ola Wikander replaced Jerry Vallman. After a rather tough play, The Obscurials's Sabastian Norman got a free kick in the 46th minute.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Arvid Vallman was the one to do the kick off. A sloppy throw-in by Nicasio Guillen in the 51st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Blåränderna's Robert Stål. Blåränderna's attentive Tommy Heggert managed to snatch the ball when Nicasio Guillen made a throw-in in the 56th minute of the game. Christian Sjödin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adriano Ribeiro in the 59th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anders Westerstrand in the 61st minute of play forced Blåränderna's goalkeeper Christian Sjödin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 61 minutes into the match, Blåränderna's goal looked a bit too open when Anders Westerstrand came free, but Christian Sjödin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Anders Westerstrand's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Christian Sjödin was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. Christian Sjödin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anders Westerstrand, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. 74 minutes into the match, The Obscurials's goalkeeper Safet Hands had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Arvid Vallman. Anton Kjellkvist made in the 80th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Cliff Rowden. The Obscurials's Nelson Wright quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Tommy Heggert, made in the 81st minute of the game. With his leg Safet Hands managed to avoid a goal in the 83rdth minute, when Blåränderna's Arvid Vallman fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Blåränderna's Christian Sjödin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adriano Ribeiro in the 85th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adriano Ribeiro in the 88th minute of play forced Blåränderna's goalkeeper Christian Sjödin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 95th minute the ball was on its way in behind Blåränderna's goalkeeper Christian Sjödin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.