Friendly League

Qikiqtarjuaq Park
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Stig Dahlberg started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Thaddeus Bellemare was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Qikiqtarjuaq FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Black Mamba the free kick. A collision led to Qikiqtarjuaq FC getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Thaddeus Bellemare hit a great ball. In the 5th minute, Renaldo Battle hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 6 played minutes, Black Mamba's Björn Apelkvist shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jason Achin came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Black Mamba reached it. Black Mamba's defense didn't have a chance, in the 8th minute, when Baptiste Ritchie scored to the left of an out of position Edvard Jönsätt, making the score, 1-0. Stig Dahlberg charged in rather forcefully in the 15th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Stig Dahlberg the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 15 played minutes Black Mamba got a freekick which was hit by Stig Dahlberg. 16 minutes into the match, Black Mamba's goal looked a bit too open when Mario Dostie came free, but Edvard Jönsätt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Edvard Jönsätt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Renaldo Battle, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Erich Stokes'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. Erich Stokes helped the player get up and apologised. In the 24th minute, Erich Stokes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Black Mamba getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Emanuel Gullesson hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Renaldo Battle got free with Edvard Jönsätt in the 29th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 33 minutes into the match, Stig Dahlberg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jason Achin. Qikiqtarjuaq FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Stig Dahlberg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Bastien Aldridge hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. In the 46th minute, Black Mamba's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Mario Dostie fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Renaldo Battle did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-1 to the left of a surprised Edvard Jönsätt 47 minutes into the match. 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 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Renaldo Battle was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Renaldo Battle in the 57th minute of play forced Black Mamba's goalkeeper Edvard Jönsätt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Black Mamba's Edvard Jönsätt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erich Stokes in the 61st minute of play. Erich Stokes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Edvard Jönsätt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Edvard Jönsätt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Renaldo Battle in the 64th minute of the match. Edvard Jönsätt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mario Dostie, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nils-Åke Falkrans charged in rather forcefully in the 70th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nils-Åke Falkrans the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Nils-Åke Falkrans hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. After 71 minutes of play, Qikiqtarjuaq FC's Renaldo Battle made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Edvard Jönsätt was left in no man's land by his defense there! With an all-out effort, Black Mamba's Jason Achin threw himself towards the right post 79 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Nils-Åke Falkrans, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Edvard Jönsätt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Renaldo Battle, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. After 88 played minutes Qikiqtarjuaq FC got a freekick which was hit by Thaddeus Bellemare. When Qikiqtarjuaq FC's Renaldo Battle in the 94th minute got a chance for a shot 94th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Black Mamba's goalie prevented a goal.