Friendly League

Szombathely Aréna
Spectators: 46 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Kurt Hamrin started the match with the kick off. Arnold Szuper showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Knut Rudberg in the 3rd minute of the match. Karl-Erik Norström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tivadar Demeter in the 7th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tivadar Demeter in the 7th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Karl-Erik Norström saved Skövde AIK from getting behind. Bai Jun Chong's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Karl-Erik Norström firmly grabbed it by the left post. 11 minutes had been played when some careless play by Skövde AIK's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Bai Jun Chong was slow to take the kick. During this time Szombathely Squirrels's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Bai Jun Chong got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Karl-Erik Norström quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 13 played minutes Skövde AIK got a freekick which was hit by Lu Rong Yi. Tivadar Demeter in the 17thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Karl-Erik Norström, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tivadar Demeter in the 22nd minute of play forced Skövde AIK's goalkeeper Karl-Erik Norström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Szombathely Squirrels were awarded a corner in the 24th minute after Skövde AIK's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Bai Jun Chong took the corner. Szombathely Squirrels's Bai Jun Chong was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Karl-Erik Norström in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Bai Jun Chong recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 27th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When Skövde AIK's Kurt Hamrin in the 38th minute got a chance for a shot 38th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Szombathely Squirrels's goalie prevented a goal. Szombathely Squirrels's Bai Jun Chong managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Lu Rong Yi in the 39 minute of the game. Tivadar Demeter's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Karl-Erik Norström read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 40th minute of play. 41 minutes into the match, Szombathely Squirrels's goal looked a bit too open when Chen Ao Fan came free, but Arnold Szuper reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tivadar Demeter fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karl-Erik Norström having to interfere. The supporters of Szombathely Squirrels booed when Skövde AIK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lu Rong Yi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tivadar Demeter to make the kick off. Karl-Erik Norström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tivadar Demeter in the 52nd minute of the match. After 52 minutes of play, Szombathely Squirrels's Tivadar Demeter made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Karl-Erik Norström was left in no man's land by his defense there! Karl-Erik Norström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tivadar Demeter in the 55th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Filip Brolin during the 55th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 56th minute, Filip Brolin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 57th match minute, Skövde AIK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Filip Brolin to maneuver through the defense. In the 62nd minute, Chen Ao Fan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Arnold Szuper was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. In the 71stth minute of the game Lei Jian Xiong who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Skövde AIK's Karl-Erik Norström was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 77 minutes into the match, Szombathely Squirrels's Lei Jian Xiong sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Karl-Erik Norström narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Karl-Erik Norström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amanda Almqvist in the 80th minute of play. 81 minutes had been played when some careless play by Skövde AIK's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Bai Jun Chong was slow to take the kick. During this time Szombathely Squirrels's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Bai Jun Chong got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Karl-Erik Norström quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Szombathely Squirrels's Lei Jian Xiong got a good chance for a goal in the 82nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Amanda Almqvist had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lei Jian Xiong in the 89th minute of play forced Skövde AIK's goalkeeper Karl-Erik Norström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 90th minute Lei Jian Xiong shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karl-Erik Norström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 92 minutes into the match, Skövde AIK's goal looked a bit too open when Lei Jian Xiong came free, but Karl-Erik Norström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 93rd minute, Tamás Szentesi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Szombathely Squirrels getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Tarmo Elken hit a great ball. Krister Uggstedt struck a weak shot in the 95th minute. Arnold Szuper didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Skövde AIK. For all the effort they put into the match, the Skövde AIK players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Szombathely Squirrels.