Friendly League

HuaHin Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jimmy Lindholm made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of HuaHin City booed when Jordbro FF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jimmy Lindholm didn't get a good kick on the ball. HuaHin City's Jarun Chaivong shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 3rd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Melker Grönberg but with some difficulty. Melker Grönberg was out of position in the 4 minute of play, and Jarun Chaivong capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Jarun Chaivong really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. After 7 minutes, Mattias Hedbom mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Jordbro FF and the HuaHin City players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Jordbro FF's Mattias Hedbom got a free kick in the 7th minute. With 14 minutes on the clock, Fredrik Lööf commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 13th minute, one of Jordbro FF:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Jordbro FF. 18 minutes into the match, HuaHin City's goal looked a bit too open when Jimmy Lindholm came free, but Tawan Limnapapawan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Melker Grönberg made a fantastic save in the 21st minute, when Jeerasit Mnimoung sent off a good shot on target. Freddie Apelkvist hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Jordbro FF's Jimmy Lindholm got a free kick in the 27th minute. In the 28th minute of the match Jarun Chaivong shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Melker Grönberg showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Melker Grönberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kanawut Ratthayanant, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kanawut Ratthayanant in the 31st minute of play forced Jordbro FF's goalkeeper Melker Grönberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Kanawut Ratthayanant fell near the penalty area in the 36th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored HuaHin City's protests and gave Kanawut Ratthayanant a yellow card for diving instead. In the 44th match minute, HuaHin City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kanawut Ratthayanant to maneuver through the defense. In the 45th minute, Jimmy Lindholm ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tawan Limnapapawan was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jeerasit Mnimoung to make the kick off. Tawan Limnapapawan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jimmy Lindholm in the 51st minute of the match. Parinya Kenghnu charged in rather forcefully in the 52nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Parinya Kenghnu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, HuaHin City's Parinya Kenghnu got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Mattias Hedbom recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 57th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Melker Grönberg came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by HuaHin City's Kanawut Ratthayanant. But to his dismay, Kanawut Ratthayanant quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Jordbro FF's attack was well implemented in the 64th minute, but when Ove Kielstedt was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. Melker Grönberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jeerasit Mnimoung in the 66th minute of play. Jeerasit Mnimoung scored 4-1 in the 68th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Melker Grönberg, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jimmy Lindholm got free with Tawan Limnapapawan in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Parinya Kenghnu got his second yellow card in the match during the 71st minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After 72 played minutes HuaHin City got a freekick which was hit by Parinya Kenghnu. 76 minutes into the match, Jordbro FF's goal looked a bit too open when Kanawut Ratthayanant came free, but Melker Grönberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, HuaHin City's Pongsatorn Duangkam got a free kick in the 77th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Jordbro FF's zone, Jarun Chaivong stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Melker Grönberg came out of the goal and Jarun Chaivong tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 84th minute, Freddie Apelkvist reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Tawan Limnapapawan. The goal made the score 4-2. In the 87th match minute, Jordbro FF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Freddie Apelkvist to maneuver through the defense. Melker Grönberg came out of the goal in the 91st minute to try and stop a shot by HuaHin City's Kanawut Ratthayanant. But to his dismay, Kanawut Ratthayanant quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-2. After having played for 95 minutes, Jarun Chaivong managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. HuaHin City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jarun Chaivong was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the referee blew the final whistle, HuaHin City could leave the field as winners, despite Jordbro FF having more of the ball for most of the match.