Friendly League

Mamba Mentality
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Mikael Hammarbäck made the kick off and thus started the match. 8 minutes had been played when some careless play by Black Mamba's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Aquilino Ramirez was slow to take the kick. During this time El Branca del Vieja's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Fabian Maldonado heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. In the 11th minute, Mikael Hammarbäck 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. The audience was convinced that Mikael Hammarbäck's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Richard Billberg was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. Mikael Hammarbäck recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Black Mamba's zone, Mikael Hammarbäck stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Richard Billberg came out of the goal and Mikael Hammarbäck tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 21 minutes into the match, El Branca del Vieja's Mikael Hammarbäck sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Richard Billberg narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Mikael Hammarbäck's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Richard Billberg was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabian Maldonado in the 25th minute of play forced Black Mamba's goalkeeper Richard Billberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 26 played minutes Black Mamba got a freekick which was hit by David Forssell. After recieving a nice pass, El Branca del Vieja's Aquilino Ramirez tried to score from far away in the 28th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 35th minute, Mikael Hammarbäck left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The El Branca del Vieja fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. If Nils-Erik Österberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 40th minute, David Forssell hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Mikael Hammarbäck had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Stig Dahlberg was the one to do the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 52nd minute, Mikael Hammarbäck managed to get in a good position for a shot. El Branca del Vieja's supporters rose to their feet, but Mikael Hammarbäck was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Richard Billberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mikael Hammarbäck got free with Richard Billberg in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mikael Hammarbäck got free with Richard Billberg in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. El Branca del Vieja's Mauro Milano was substituted for Mikael Hammarbäck. Mauro Milano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Richard Billberg having to interfere. Richard Billberg didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mauro Milano went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Mauro Milano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mauro Milano in the 66th minute of play forced Black Mamba's goalkeeper Richard Billberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. El Branca del Vieja's Filiberto Benitez was substituted for Fabian Maldonado. In the 71st minute of the match El Branca del Vieja got a corner. Black Mamba's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Aquilino Ramirez ran over to the corner to take the kick. Aquilino Ramirez made a great header on El Branca del Vieja's corner, it was just that Black Mamba's Richard Billberg managed to reach the ball for a save. Nils-Erik Österberg hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. David Forssell made in the 74th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Emanuel Gullesson however managed to control. Richard Billberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mauro Milano in the 76th minute of play. Shi Xu's late challenge caught a Black Mamba's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Shi Xu helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to El Branca del Vieja getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Shi Xu hit a great ball. The supporters of El Branca del Vieja booed when Black Mamba was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. David Forssell didn't get a good kick on the ball. Richard Billberg had in the 88thth minute some difficulties stopping Sebastião Carvalhais's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his right side, but he still managed to hold the ball In the 88th minute, Sebastião Carvalhais made a precise shot to the right of Richard Billberg. Black Mamba's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. David Forssell kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. 92 minutes into the match, Mauro Milano had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Richard Billberg. Black Mamba's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mauro Milano was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. The crowd rose to their feet as Mauro Milano kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Richard Billberg. That made the score 0-6 in the 95 minute of play. El Branca del Vieja played a much better game than Black Mamba and deserved their victory. The Black Mamba players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.