Friendly League

New Trafford
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when David Bernad took the kick off in the first half of the match. Northland Vikings's Benne Benneborg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by David Bernad in the 3rd minute of play. In the 5th minute Ture Waller shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mehmet Oğuz Efe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 6th minute of the match Northland Vikings got a corner. Beckham23's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Antonio Čolak ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led to Northland Vikings's Jonatan Gerdberg getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. In the 10th minute the ball was on its way in behind Northland Vikings's goalkeeper Benne Benneborg, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Benne Benneborg made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when David Bernad sent off a good shot on target. Beckham23's Mehmet Oğuz Efe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ture Waller in the 18th minute of play. 18 minutes into the match, Ture Waller notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Beckham23's Mehmet Oğuz Efe. Mehmet Oğuz Efe was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mehmet Oğuz Efe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ture Waller in the 21st minute of play. Northland Vikings's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Antonio Čolak in the 22nd minute. Mehmet Oğuz Efe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ture Waller in the 27th minute of play. In the 28th minute, Luis-Miguel Rodríguez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mehmet Oğuz Efe came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by Northland Vikings's Ture Waller. But to his dismay, Ture Waller quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Benne Benneborg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from David Bernad, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. After a rather tough play, Northland Vikings's Jonatan Gerdberg got a free kick in the 36th minute. Benne Benneborg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Lopes in the 39th minute of play. In the 41st minute, Andreas Falk got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 46th minute, Luis-Miguel Rodríguez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Beckham23's zone, Ture Waller stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mehmet Oğuz Efe came out of the goal and Ture Waller tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ture Waller stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute the ball was on its way in behind Beckham23's goalkeeper Mehmet Oğuz Efe, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A nice corner shot did that Ralf Allgöwer got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Mehmet Oğuz Efe quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 66th minute of the match Northland Vikings got a corner. Beckham23's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Antonio Čolak ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Beckham23's goalie and right to Ture Waller. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Beckham23's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Bernad in the 71st minute of play forced Northland Vikings's goalkeeper Benne Benneborg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gao Peng Ran's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 82ndth minute, Mehmet Oğuz Efe skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Benne Benneborg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from David Bernad in the 83rd minute of play. Mehmet Oğuz Efe made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gao Peng Ran in the 88th minute. Mehmet Oğuz Efe was out of position in the 88 minute of play, and Gao Peng Ran capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Gao Peng Ran really showed his touch with that goal: 0-3. In the 93rd minute, Gao Peng Ran left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Northland Vikings fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Benne Benneborg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from David Bernad in the 96th minute of play.