Friendly League

Gamla Ullevi
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Matthias Bern took the kick off in the first half of the match. When ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Erubiel Justin in the 5th minute got a chance for a shot 5th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye G A I S's goalie prevented a goal. Staffan Eckegren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maicon Pontes in the 6th minute of play. If Göran Wahlström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zavior Moiselo kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. 13 minutes into the match, G A I S's goal looked a bit too open when Lindi Mena came free, but Staffan Eckegren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 16 minutes into the match, G A I S's goal looked a bit too open when Maicon Pontes came free, but Staffan Eckegren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 20th minute of the match ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź got a corner. G A I S's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Marcin Wasilewski ran over to the corner to take the kick. Staffan Eckegren showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lindi Mena, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Meelis Vananurm made an important save on a dangerous shot by Matthias Bern in the 23rd minute. G A I S's Staffan Eckegren played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maicon Pontes in the 31st minute of play. In the 35th match minute, G A I S was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Washington Andrade to maneuver through the defense. Maicon Pontes took the ball and in the 36 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Staffan Eckegren. Staffan Eckegren dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Staffan Eckegren showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lindi Mena, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Staffan Eckegren showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maicon Pontes, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Staffan Eckegren showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maicon Pontes, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. 44 minutes into the match, Maicon Pontes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Staffan Eckegren. G A I S's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Maicon Pontes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Erubiel Justin made a kick off. Staffan Eckegren showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maicon Pontes, who was totally free with the ball in the 50th minute. 51 minutes into the match, G A I S's goal looked a bit too open when Marcelo Abreu came free, but Staffan Eckegren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Staffan Eckegren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcelo Abreu in the 52nd minute of the match. In the 55th minute John Jernberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Meelis Vananurm saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Gani Rikap hit a great ball. Meelis Vananurm took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matthias Bern, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A nice corner shot did that Sixten Ståhlberg got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Meelis Vananurm quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. G A I S's Staffan Eckegren proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save G A I S from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcelo Abreu in the 72nd minute of play forced G A I S's goalkeeper Staffan Eckegren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Meelis Vananurm showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matthias Bern, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maicon Pontes in the 78th minute of play forced G A I S's goalkeeper Staffan Eckegren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Maicon Pontes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 89 minutes into the match, G A I S's goalkeeper Staffan Eckegren had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lindi Mena. In the 89th minute, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Lindi Mena dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-5. 93 minutes into the game, Cléber Marinho was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. G A I S's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź the free kick. With an all-out effort, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Staffan Eckegren threw himself towards the right post 94 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Maicon Pontes, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Staffan Eckegren made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lindi Mena in the 96th minute. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.