U18 World League

BELAJ-ARENA
Spectators: 7580 (Terracing: 5802, Seating: 1778, VIP seats: 0) After a rather tough play, BELAJ BOYS's Stefan Boklund got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Kristoffer Ekegren's late challenge caught a Lucky Star's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kristoffer Ekegren helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to BELAJ BOYS getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Kristoffer Ekegren hit a great ball. Fance Burhanuddin charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fance Burhanuddin the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Fance Burhanuddin kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, BELAJ BOYS's Stefan Boklund got a free kick in the 19th minute. After 20 played minutes, Lucky Star's Darius Karepouan shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Fredrik Norberg came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Lucky Star reached it. The crowd rose to their feet as Sven-Edvin Snäll kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Kamal Habib. That made the score 1-0 in the 24 minute of play. A collision led to Lucky Star getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. John Darusman hit a great ball. Fance Burhanuddin scored 1-1 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fredrik Norberg, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Fredrik Norberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fance Burhanuddin in the 47th minute of the match. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Lucky Star made a substitution. Firdaus Pasaribu replaced Fance Burhanuddin. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Sven-Edvin Snäll made a kick off. In the 54th minute the ball was on its way in behind Lucky Star's goalkeeper Kamal Habib, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. BELAJ BOYS were awarded a corner in the 55th minute after Lucky Star's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Oliver Olofsson took the corner. Gert Springfält made a great header on BELAJ BOYS's corner, it was just that Lucky Star's Kamal Habib managed to reach the ball for a save. Fredrik Norberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Firdaus Pasaribu in the 59th minute of play. In the 61st minute, John Darusman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. BELAJ BOYS made a substitution. Benjamin Hammarbäck replaced Börje Kilberg. John Darusman hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. In the 64th minute, Björn Bergström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 65 played minutes, Lucky Star's Mandra Wisanggeni shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Fredrik Norberg came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Lucky Star reached it. With a little luck, BELAJ BOYS's Fredrik Norberg got control of the ball when Mastur Roekito tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 69th minute Mastur Roekito shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fredrik Norberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mastur Roekito could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Fredrik Norberg made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Firdaus Pasaribu in the 72nd minute of play forced BELAJ BOYS's goalkeeper Fredrik Norberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 74th minute, Firdaus Pasaribu reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Fredrik Norberg. The goal made the score 1-2. Fredrik Norberg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mukti Supriatna in the 84th minute. A collision led to BELAJ BOYS getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Stefan Boklund hit a great ball. BELAJ BOYS's Fredrik Norberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ruben Solossa in the 93rd minute of play. When the match was over Lucky Star could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than BELAJ BOYS throughout the match.