Friendly League

Hallevi IP
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Maxim Tsigalko kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maxim Tsigalko in the 5th minute of play forced Wargön's goalkeeper Sören Tunberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vince Di Cola made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mikael Liberatore in the 8th minute. After 17 minutes Wargön's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Allan Bivall who took care of the corner kick. The corner led to Samurai's Timmy Henriksson getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. After some careless play in the Wargön defense, Allan Bivall kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sören Tunberg. The Wargön fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sören Tunberg should have stopped the shot. In the 26th minute of the match, Mikael Liberatore tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Vince Di Cola saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. With a little luck, Samurai's Vince Di Cola got control of the ball when Mikael Liberatore tried to sneak it across the goal line. Sören Tunberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maxim Tsigalko in the 31st minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 35th minute, Mikael Liberatore managed to get in a good position for a shot. Wargön's supporters rose to their feet, but Mikael Liberatore was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vince Di Cola breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 36th minute of the game Cafu Dolar made a throw-in which Allan Bivall played forward. 39 minutes into the match, Wargön's goal looked a bit too open when Maxim Tsigalko came free, but Sören Tunberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Maxim Tsigalko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 45th match minute, Wargön was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by David Buhăescu to maneuver through the defense.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mikael Liberatore to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikael Liberatore in the 53rd minute of play forced Samurai's goalkeeper Vince Di Cola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sören Tunberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maxim Tsigalko, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Maxim Tsigalko received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Sören Tunberg came out and tried to block the shot, but Maxim Tsigalko slotted it home off the left post making it 0-2 in the 58th minute. Wargön's Ivar Siöberg was substituted for Mikael Liberatore. Samurai made a substitution. Esbjörn Hultstrand replaced Timmy Henriksson. 63 minutes into the game, Cafu Dolar threw the ball into play from the sideline. Wargön's Zdzislaw Liermann quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Sören Tunberg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Wu Qi in the 72nd minute. 80 minutes into the match, Wargön's Ivar Siöberg sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Vince Di Cola narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 82 minutes Samurai's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Bayan Baye who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Roger Stephansson managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rutger Vallander got free with Sören Tunberg in the 87th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sören Tunberg stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Wu Qi's shot from short distance in the 88th minute. 93 minutes into the match, Wu Qi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sören Tunberg. Wargön's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Wu Qi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. The Samurai players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.