U23 League

Meadow Lane
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Meadow Village's Kent Gabrielsson started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. With a little luck, Börna Bulldogs's Alex Pihl got control of the ball when Frans Valrot tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 10th minute, Jarbas Sabóia left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Meadow Village fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. The referee felt a red card was in order, 17 minutes into the game, when Börje Wennerberg put in a rough tackle. The supporters of Meadow Village booed when Börna Bulldogs was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Börje Wennerberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. Meadow Village's Matthias Bergkvist got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Alex Pihl came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by Meadow Village's Frans Valrot. But to his dismay, Frans Valrot quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. 27 minutes into the match, Meadow Village's goal looked a bit too open when Leonardo Siöman came free, but Alex Lundkvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Börna Bulldogs's Alex Pihl proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save Börna Bulldogs from getting a goal against them. Alex Pihl made an important save on a dangerous shot by Frans Valrot in the 36th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jarbas Sabóia in the 37th minute of play forced Börna Bulldogs's goalkeeper Alex Pihl to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Börna Bulldogs's Alex Pihl got control of the ball when Jarbas Sabóia tried to sneak it across the goal line. Per Wallgren took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 41st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Alex Lundkvist. Meadow Village's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Börna Bulldogs's Alex Pihl played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frans Valrot in the 45th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Frans Valrot got free with Alex Pihl in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Max Bergvall to make the kick off. Alex Pihl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kent Gabrielsson in the 52nd minute of the match. 53 minutes into the match, Jarbas Sabóia notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Börna Bulldogs's Alex Pihl. Alex Pihl was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Alex Pihl made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frans Valrot in the 59th minute of play. Alex Pihl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frans Valrot in the 62nd minute of the match. Alex Pihl took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frans Valrot, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Börna Bulldogs's Sven Sjöström got a free kick in the 64th minute. Alex Pihl didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jarbas Sabóia went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. Meadow Village made a substitution. Mårten Termander replaced Kent Gabrielsson. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frans Valrot in the 71st minute of play forced Börna Bulldogs's goalkeeper Alex Pihl to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Meadow Village were awarded a corner in the 72th minute after Börna Bulldogs's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Matthias Bergkvist took the corner. Karl-Johan Örtlund thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Alex Pihl, a very annoying self made goal in the 73rd minute which led to 7-0. In the 77th minute Vidar Markusson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alex Pihl saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Frans Valrot scored 8-0 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alex Pihl, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Max Bergvall received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Alex Lundkvist tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frans Valrot in the 87th minute of play forced Börna Bulldogs's goalkeeper Alex Pihl to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Börna Bulldogs's Alex Pihl played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jarbas Sabóia in the 88th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frans Valrot in the 91st minute of play forced Börna Bulldogs's goalkeeper Alex Pihl to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Meadow Village's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Matthias Bergkvist in the 95th minute. After taking down the ball on Meadow Village's corner Matthias Bergkvist fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Alex Pihl quite easily take care of the ball. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Meadow Village had played much better football throughout.