Official Cup

Norrköpings Parken
Spectators: 149 (Terracing: 112, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Stefan Fredriksson started the match with the kick off. After 4 minutes of play, Cascadia United's Miguel Ángel Benito made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Emanuel Sigfridsson was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 7th minute the ball was on its way in behind IKS Norrköping's goalkeeper Emanuel Sigfridsson, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Cascadia United were awarded a corner in the 8th minute after IKS Norrköping's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Rene Pueblo took the corner. Miguel Ángel Benito recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Emanuel Sigfridsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miguel Ángel Benito, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Thanks to some nice moves Tobias Ekeberg could shoot a difficult shot in the 20th minute, which Leonel Rocco however easily saved by the left post. 22 minutes into the match, Cascadia United's Miguel Ángel Benito sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Emanuel Sigfridsson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Leonel Rocco made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when Tobias Ekeberg sent off a good shot on target. 32 minutes into the match, Cascadia United's Miguel Ángel Benito sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Emanuel Sigfridsson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 35 minutes into the game, Cascadia United's Miguel Ángel Benito nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Emanuel Sigfridsson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. A collision led to IKS Norrköping getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Sverker Skröder hit a great ball. 41 minutes into the match, Miguel Ángel Benito had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Emanuel Sigfridsson. IKS Norrköping's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Miguel Ángel Benito was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. 44 minutes into the match, Iván Pillud notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of IKS Norrköping's Emanuel Sigfridsson. Emanuel Sigfridsson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 47th minute Miguel Ángel Benito shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emanuel Sigfridsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Miguel Ángel Benito stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Miguel Ángel Benito made a precise shot to the right of Emanuel Sigfridsson. IKS Norrköping's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. Tobias Ekeberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Leonel Rocco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wang Di Yi in the 62nd minute of play forced IKS Norrköping's goalkeeper Emanuel Sigfridsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Miguel Ángel Benito received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Emanuel Sigfridsson came out and tried to block the shot, but Miguel Ángel Benito slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 67th minute. In the 70thth minute of the game Miguel Ángel Benito who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but IKS Norrköping's Emanuel Sigfridsson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Iván Pillud kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. 75 minutes into the game, Miguel Ángel Benito cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-7. Emanuel Sigfridsson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Simon Dahlman's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Leonel Rocco read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 79th minute of play.