Friendly League

Altay Bozkır
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when 沈彬瑜 took the kick off in the first half of the match. Guy Hogg might have been able to make a better finish in the 3rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tom Sandström. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Guy Hogg ran back to his position shaking his head. Arrows Academy FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Guy Hogg in the 6th minute. Jesús Solano made a great header on Arrows Academy FC's corner, it was just that Kazak SK's Tom Sandström managed to reach the ball for a save. After 7 played minutes Kazak SK got a freekick which was hit by Malte Wikander. Kazak SK's Tom Sandström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grzegorz Piechna in the 8th minute of play. Tom Sandström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grzegorz Piechna in the 10th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guy Hogg in the 12th minute of play forced Kazak SK's goalkeeper Tom Sandström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 15th minute Davíð Diallo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ged Nightingale saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Kazak SK's Davíð Diallo slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ged Nightingale. That made the score 1-0 after 16 minutes of play. If Santiago Abastas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leif Vallman in the 22nd minute of play forced Arrows Academy FC's goalkeeper Ged Nightingale to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 24th minute Grzegorz Piechna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tom Sandström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Davíð Diallo's shot from long distance in the 27th minute was not bad at all, but Arrows Academy FC's Ged Nightingale knew what was happening and pushed the ball into his arms just before it hit the right post. Arrows Academy FC were awarded a corner in the 31th minute after Kazak SK's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Guy Hogg took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Guy Hogg got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tom Sandström quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When Guy Hogg came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the Arrows Academy FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Guy Hogg couldn't finish the play. 40 minutes into the match, Arrows Academy FC's goal looked a bit too open when 沈彬瑜 came free, but Ged Nightingale reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Malte Wikander's late challenge caught a Arrows Academy FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Malte Wikander helped the player get up and apologised. After a defensive mix-up in Kazak SK's zone, Hugo Bakker stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tom Sandström came out of the goal and Hugo Bakker tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The wind increased when Grzegorz Piechna made the kick off in the second half. If Hugo Bakker had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 50th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Kazak SK's Tom Sandström proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Kazak SK from getting a goal against them. In the 53rd minute, Arrows Academy FC's Grzegorz Piechna ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Tom Sandström. Tom Sandström yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. Grzegorz Piechna received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Tom Sandström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 71 minutes into the match, Kazak SK's goal looked a bit too open when Grzegorz Piechna came free, but Tom Sandström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tom Sandström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grzegorz Piechna in the 74th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Hugo Bakker managed to get in a good position for a shot. Arrows Academy FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Hugo Bakker was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tom Sandström breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Tom Sandström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guy Hogg in the 79th minute of the match. Tom Sandström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guy Hogg in the 83rd minute of play. Tom Sandström made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hugo Bakker in the 84th minute. A hard shot 86 in the game by Grzegorz Piechna from a close distance when the talented Tom Sandström managed to make a qualified save. Kazak SK's players were relieved. A hard shot 89 in the game by Grzegorz Piechna from a close distance when the talented Tom Sandström managed to make a qualified save. Kazak SK's players were relieved. 91 minutes into the match, Kazak SK's goal looked a bit too open when Guy Hogg came free, but Tom Sandström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 92 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Arrows Academy FC! Hugo Bakker received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Tom Sandström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match was over Arrows Academy FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Kazak SK throughout the match.