Official Cup

A Gentle Touch Arena
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Eleven Nation Army's Helge Brun started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Otto Budjana kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. 6 minutes into the match, Eleven Nation Army's goal looked a bit too open when Göran Unesson came free, but Qian Xing Wei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eleven Nation Army's Qian Xing Wei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Lundström in the 9th minute of play. Joel Lundström recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 15th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 23rd minute Joel Lundström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Qian Xing Wei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 29 played minutes Team Rocco got a freekick which was hit by Alfred Samuelsson. In the 32nd minute, Åke Ekelund ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Qian Xing Wei stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Göran Unesson's shot from short distance in the 36th minute. Qian Xing Wei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Lundström, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Åke Ekelund kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Sven-Edvin Mårtensson. That made the score 2-0 in the 45 minute of play.

Sven-Edvin Mårtensson came out of the goal in the 54th minute to try and stop a shot by Eleven Nation Army's Viggo Lundkvist. But to his dismay, Viggo Lundkvist quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. A hard shot 56 in the game by Göran Unesson from a close distance when the talented Qian Xing Wei managed to make a qualified save. Eleven Nation Army's players were relieved. A collision led to Team Rocco getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Vilhelm Moberg hit a great ball. 62 minutes into the match, Team Rocco's goal looked a bit too open when Viggo Lundkvist came free, but Sven-Edvin Mårtensson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Eleven Nation Army getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Helge Brun hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Otto Budjana during the 71st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. When the match had been going on for 73 minutes, Team Rocco's Göran Unesson got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Qian Xing Wei. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olof Högström in the 81st minute of play forced Team Rocco's goalkeeper Sven-Edvin Mårtensson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Viggo Lundkvist received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Åke Ekelund fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sven-Edvin Mårtensson having to interfere. Qian Xing Wei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vincent Olofsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. In the 93rd minute Helge Brun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sven-Edvin Mårtensson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Eleven Nation Army had won after a very even match.