U21 World League

Cloud Park
Spectators: 7701 (Terracing: 5777, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) Lennart Abrahamsson started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a rather tough play, Team Rocco's Leif Billberg got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Herbie Sikalopoulos in the 4thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Marcus Klint, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. The audience was convinced that Herbie Sikalopoulos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcus Klint was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. Gürkan Akaydın's late challenge caught a Team Rocco's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gürkan Akaydın helped the player get up and apologised. After 9 played minutes Black Cloud FC got a freekick which was hit by Gürkan Akaydın. With a little luck, Team Rocco's Marcus Klint got control of the ball when Herbie Sikalopoulos tried to sneak it across the goal line. Team Rocco's Marcus Klint proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save Team Rocco from getting a goal against them. After 19 played minutes Black Cloud FC got a freekick which was hit by Muhammet Özenli. Egemen Tolgay took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Per-Oskar Njurenius, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 27 played minutes Team Rocco got a freekick which was hit by Ingvar Josefsson. After a defensive mix-up in Team Rocco's zone, Gürkan Akaydın stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marcus Klint came out of the goal and Gürkan Akaydın tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 31st minute Per-Oskar Njurenius shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Egemen Tolgay saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Egemen Tolgay showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Per-Oskar Njurenius in the 32nd minute of the match. In the 33rd minute Lennart Abrahamsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Egemen Tolgay saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gürkan Akaydın stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Herbie Sikalopoulos blasted a shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marcus Klint having to make a save. 55 minutes into the match, Black Cloud FC's goal looked a bit too open when Lennart Abrahamsson came free, but Egemen Tolgay reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 58 played minutes Black Cloud FC got a freekick which was hit by Herbie Sikalopoulos. Black Cloud FC's Yavuzalp Bakkalbaşı was substituted for Hıdır Adamski. Leif Billberg made in the 61st minute of the game a quick throw-in and Nils-Erik Bengtsson immediately put the ball in play. Kutlay Yürükoğlu hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lennart Abrahamsson in the 65th minute of play forced Black Cloud FC's goalkeeper Egemen Tolgay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Lennart Abrahamsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Egemen Tolgay was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. 70 minutes into the game, Lennart Abrahamsson recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Egemen Tolgay. Lennart Abrahamsson showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-1. In the 73rd minute, Herbie Sikalopoulos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Black Cloud FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Egemen Tolgay made an important save on a dangerous shot by Per-Oskar Njurenius in the 76th minute. Black Cloud FC's Egemen Tolgay proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save Black Cloud FC from getting a goal against them. 85 minutes into the match, Arvid Flinck had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Egemen Tolgay. Black Cloud FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arvid Flinck was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Black Cloud FC's Başaran Kuvvet was substituted for Herbie Sikalopoulos. 91 minutes into the match, Team Rocco's goal looked a bit too open when Başaran Kuvvet came free, but Marcus Klint reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 93 minutes into the game, Ahmet Korcan Kabakçı was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Black Cloud FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Team Rocco the free kick. After a rather tough play, Black Cloud FC's Ahmet Korcan Kabakçı got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Lennart Abrahamsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Egemen Tolgay having to interfere. When the match was over Team Rocco could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Black Cloud FC throughout the match.