U18 League

A Gentle Touch Arena
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Jan-Olof Kjellman started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Harry Thedin in the 4th minute of play forced FC Blueskatterna's goalkeeper Folke Arvidsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Folke Arvidsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Harry Thedin in the 7th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zebastian Bergren in the 9th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Joar Lilja prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ted Nässén kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. Casper Lind sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Eleven Nation Army getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Mikael Örnberg hit a great ball. Börge Kilström hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Joar Lilja made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zebastian Bergren in the 24th minute of play. After 27 minutes, Joakim Granberg mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Eleven Nation Army and the FC Blueskatterna players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 27 played minutes Eleven Nation Army got a freekick which was hit by Joakim Granberg. Mikael Örnberg kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. Zebastian Bergren fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Joar Lilja having to interfere. Manfred Colin might have been able to make a better finish in the 37th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Joar Lilja. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Manfred Colin ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience was convinced that Zebastian Bergren's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Joar Lilja was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. After 41 minutes, Zebastian Bergren made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Eleven Nation Army's Joar Lilja tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Joar Lilja took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zebastian Bergren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half FC Blueskatterna were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Zebastian Bergren was the one to do the kick off. FC Blueskatterna's Axel Tönnberg was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Joar Lilja in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. With his leg Joar Lilja managed to avoid a goal in the 57thth minute, when FC Blueskatterna's Zebastian Bergren fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Harry Thedin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, FC Blueskatterna's Axel Tönnberg got a free kick in the 62nd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Mikael Österlund managed to get in a good position for a shot. Eleven Nation Army's supporters rose to their feet, but Mikael Österlund was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Folke Arvidsson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Harry Thedin scored 1-1 in the 65th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Folke Arvidsson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 76th minute Harry Thedin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Folke Arvidsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Joar Lilja made an important save on a dangerous shot by Casper Lind in the 78th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Axel Tönnberg during the 80th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 80 played minutes FC Blueskatterna got a freekick which was hit by Axel Tönnberg. 82 minutes into the game, Eleven Nation Army's Harry Thedin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Folke Arvidsson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. After 88 played minutes FC Blueskatterna got a freekick which was hit by Axel Tönnberg. FC Blueskatterna's Folke Arvidsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Harry Thedin in the 91st minute of play. In the 95th minute Harry Thedin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Folke Arvidsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eleven Nation Army's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.