U21 League

Anfield Road
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Sven-Erik Ekgren made the kick off which started today's match. 1-0 became the score in the 5th minute when Sven-Erik Ekgren elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Victor Sundling made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sven-Erik Ekgren in the 9th minute of play. 10 minutes into the match, Vjsk Youth Brooklyn's goalkeeper Victor Sundling had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bernt Nässén. The crowd rose to their feet as The Reds's Sven-Erik Ekgren slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Victor Sundling. That made the score 2-0 after 12 minutes of play. Helge Torstensson made in the 16th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Joacim Dahlqvist however managed to control. 19 minutes into the match, Sven-Erik Ekgren had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Victor Sundling. Vjsk Youth Brooklyn's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sven-Erik Ekgren was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Victor Sundling was out of position in the 23 minute of play, and Sven-Erik Ekgren capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Sven-Erik Ekgren really showed his touch with that goal: 4-0. With an all-out effort, The Reds's Victor Sundling threw himself towards the right post 29 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Sven-Erik Ekgren, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Victor Sundling showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sven-Erik Ekgren in the 30th minute of the match. Joacim Dahlqvist received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Pontus Lundström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Oskar Kihlberg's late challenge caught a Vjsk Youth Brooklyn's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Oskar Kihlberg helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to The Reds getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Oskar Kihlberg hit a great ball. When the match clock showed 40 minutes, the score became 6-0 when Sven-Erik Ekgren sped through Vjsk Youth Brooklyn's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Victor Sundling. After a rather tough play, Vjsk Youth Brooklyn's Malte Askberg got a free kick in the 45th minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Victor Sundling showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernt Nässén in the 52nd minute of the match. In the 55th minute, Bernt Nässén made a precise shot to the right of Victor Sundling. Vjsk Youth Brooklyn's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 7-0. In the 58thth minute of the game Sven-Erik Ekgren who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Vjsk Youth Brooklyn's Victor Sundling was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sven-Erik Ekgren in the 61st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Victor Sundling saved Vjsk Youth Brooklyn from getting behind. In the 63rd minute The Reds were awarded a corner. Stig-Arne Isaksson went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to The Reds's Bernt Nässén getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. If Oskar Kihlberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 67th minute Bernt Nässén shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Victor Sundling saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bernt Nässén took the ball and in the 71 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Victor Sundling. Victor Sundling dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 8-0. Dan Lövskog charged in rather forcefully in the 73rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dan Lövskog the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of The Reds booed when Vjsk Youth Brooklyn was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dan Lövskog didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Reds's Sven-Erik Ekgren got a good chance for a goal in the 75th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 78 minutes into the game, The Reds's Sven-Erik Ekgren nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Victor Sundling made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 9-0. After some careless play in the Vjsk Youth Brooklyn defense, Sven-Erik Ekgren kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Victor Sundling. The Vjsk Youth Brooklyn fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Victor Sundling should have stopped the shot. When Joacim Dahlqvist came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Vjsk Youth Brooklyn fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Joacim Dahlqvist couldn't finish the play. Oskar Kihlberg got his second yellow card in the match during the 90th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 90th minute, Oskar Kihlberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 93 minutes into the match, Sven-Erik Ekgren had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Victor Sundling. Vjsk Youth Brooklyn's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sven-Erik Ekgren was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 11-0. When the referee ended the match the The Reds players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.