U23 World League

St LuXun Park
Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) Fletcher Baba started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Axel Dahlberg kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. In the 3rd minute, Jarrod Mcmillan got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Australian Youth Academy's Baxter Baba played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonny Ahlström in the 4th minute of play. Fletcher Baba succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 9th playminute. After a defensive mix-up in Rönnöfors FF's zone, Bo Mcquoid stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Johan Hultin came out of the goal and Bo Mcquoid tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Johan Hultin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sharizan Keng, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Johan Hultin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bo Mcquoid in the 16th minute of play. Fletcher Baba's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Johan Hultin firmly grabbed it by the left post. Sharizan Keng blasted a shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Johan Hultin having to make a save. Peter Hellbom kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. Johan Hultin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dwight Baba in the 26th minute. In the 29th minute, Fletcher Baba reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Johan Hultin. The goal made the score 2-0. Johan Hultin was out of position in the 32 minute of play, and Fletcher Baba capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Fletcher Baba really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. Baxter Baba showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivan Vennerlund, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. The throw-in from Carmichael Tinsley in the 38th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Rönnöfors FF's Frank Nyqvist. Johan Hultin made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when Dwight Baba sent off a good shot on target. After 43 played minutes Rönnöfors FF got a freekick which was hit by Frank Nyqvist. Hermengildo Mambru hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Leif Hammarberg managed to get in a good position for a shot. Rönnöfors FF's supporters rose to their feet, but Leif Hammarberg was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Baxter Baba breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Erling Flinck made a kick off. Baxter Baba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stefan Kråk in the 53rd minute of the match. Rönnöfors FF's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Leif Hammarberg in the 54th minute. With a little luck, Australian Youth Academy's Baxter Baba got control of the ball when Ivan Vennerlund tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 64th minute, Rönnöfors FF's Sven Hultman ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Baxter Baba. Baxter Baba yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-1. Dwight Baba charged in rather forcefully in the 69th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dwight Baba the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Dwight Baba kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. Baxter Baba showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leif Hammarberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. Fletcher Baba scored 4-1 in the 74th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Johan Hultin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Rönnöfors FF's Sven Hultman got a free kick in the 82nd minute. In the 84th minute, Fletcher Baba ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Johan Hultin was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-1. Rönnöfors FF were awarded a corner in the 94th minute after Australian Youth Academy's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Leif Hammarberg took the corner. A well-hit corner resulted in Ivan Vennerlund heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. For all the effort they put into the match, the Rönnöfors FF players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Australian Youth Academy.