Friendly League

Old Trafford
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Sture Stensson made the kick off which started today's match. After 3 minutes, Marcel da Rocha made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Pepsi FC's Christer Forsberg tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The supporters of Pepsi FC booed when Red Devils was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Slawomir Trzaskoma didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Marcel da Rocha kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Christer Forsberg. That made the score 2-0 in the 8 minute of play. After some careless play in the Pepsi FC defense, Marcel da Rocha kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Christer Forsberg. The Pepsi FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Christer Forsberg should have stopped the shot. Simone Spano struck a weak shot in the 17th minute. Christer Forsberg didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Red Devils. The supporters of Red Devils booed when Pepsi FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Uno Wallander didn't get a good kick on the ball. Red Devils's Braulio Gartxot played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Qi Sha Zhen in the 21st minute of play. 22 minutes into the match, Red Devils's Gwidon Okropny sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Christer Forsberg narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 24thth minute of the game Marcel da Rocha who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pepsi FC's Christer Forsberg was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 27 minutes Pepsi FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sotos Zervoulakos who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Red Devils's corner Sotos Zervoulakos fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Christer Forsberg quite easily take care of the ball. 30 minutes into the match, Pepsi FC's goalkeeper Christer Forsberg had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Simone Spano. In the 32nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Pepsi FC's goalkeeper Christer Forsberg, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Christer Forsberg stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marcel da Rocha's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. Red Devils's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sotos Zervoulakos in the 35th minute. Allan Hedman tried in the 35th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Christer Forsberg a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 5-0. Christer Forsberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcel da Rocha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 42nd minute of the match Red Devils got a corner. Pepsi FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sotos Zervoulakos ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led to Red Devils's Gwidon Okropny getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Marcel da Rocha managed to get in a good position for a shot. Red Devils's supporters rose to their feet, but Marcel da Rocha was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Christer Forsberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Marcel da Rocha to make the kick off. Braulio Gartxot made an important save on a dangerous shot by Qi Sha Zhen in the 51st minute. In the 52nd minute Marcel da Rocha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christer Forsberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marcel da Rocha took the ball and in the 55 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Christer Forsberg. Christer Forsberg dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-0. Red Devils's Marcel da Rocha got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 64 minutes into the game, Marcel da Rocha cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-1. Christer Forsberg was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Marcel da Rocha scored 8-1 in the 67th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Christer Forsberg, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Simone Spano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Marcel da Rocha struck a weak shot in the 77th minute. Christer Forsberg didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Red Devils. 78 minutes into the match, Marcel da Rocha notched a goal, 9-1, to the right of Pepsi FC's Christer Forsberg. Christer Forsberg was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Károly Csorba during the 82nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 82nd minute, Károly Csorba hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Christer Forsberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcel da Rocha in the 83rd minute of play. In the 85th minute, Marcel da Rocha ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Christer Forsberg was frozen by the shot and now it was 10-1. 91 minutes into the game, Allan Hedman was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pepsi FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Red Devils the free kick. Allan Hedman kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. Marcel da Rocha took the ball and in the 94 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Christer Forsberg. Christer Forsberg dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 11-1.