Friendly League

Vivant Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Larry Hallam kicked off to start the match. Ejvind Haversen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. David Lundgren showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Larry Hallam, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. 6 minutes into the match, Larry Hallam notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Redbull Sala's David Lundgren. David Lundgren was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. David Lundgren made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Larry Hallam sent off a good shot on target. 18 minutes into the match, Larry Hallam had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of David Lundgren. Redbull Sala's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Larry Hallam was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. 25 minutes into the match, Vivant's goal looked a bit too open when Thomas Falkrantz came free, but A.J. 关平 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. David Lundgren was a little too slow when Hilário Bento got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 29th minute. The score was now 3-0. In the 32nd minute, Ejvind Haversen made a precise shot to the right of A.J. 关平. Vivant's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. In the 40th minute of the match Vivant got a corner. Redbull Sala's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Youri Van Der Talen ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Youri Van Der Talen almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Redbull Sala's David Lundgren did a great save. David Lundgren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hilário Bento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 44th match minute, Redbull Sala was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alphan Alpaslan to maneuver through the defense. 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 3-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ejvind Haversen to make the kick off. In the 52nd match minute, Vivant was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ştefan Iovan to maneuver through the defense. In the 53rd minute Youri Van Der Talen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Lundgren saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marin Lipets took the ball and in the 58 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised David Lundgren. David Lundgren dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. David Lundgren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Youri Van Der Talen in the 63rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Youri Van Der Talen in the 65th minute of play forced Redbull Sala's goalkeeper David Lundgren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. David Lundgren stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Larry Hallam's shot from short distance in the 70th minute. In the 71st minute, Thomas Falkrantz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. A.J. 关平 was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-2. Larry Hallam sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 76th minute Marin Lipets shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Lundgren saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marin Lipets received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. David Lundgren tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 84th minute the ball was on its way in behind Vivant's goalkeeper A.J. 关平, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to Redbull Sala getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Alphan Alpaslan hit a great ball. The supporters of Vivant booed when Redbull Sala was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alphan Alpaslan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vivant's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.