League Play-Off

Portland 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. Roland Bræstrup started the match with the kick off. With an all-out effort, Seventh Stranger's Hannibal Senior threw himself towards the right post 4 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Roland Bræstrup, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 10 played minutes Real Madrid FC got a freekick which was hit by Werner Højsgaard. 15 minutes into the match, Seventh Stranger's goal looked a bit too open when Makis Papadopoulos came free, but Kaare Dyrbøg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kaare Dyrbøg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Makis Papadopoulos in the 27th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Real Madrid FC's Jokum Kerri got a free kick in the 33rd minute. A collision led to Real Madrid FC getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Jokum Kerri hit a great ball. Ulli Brandt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Kaare Dyrbøg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 45th minute, Roland Bræstrup fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Hannibal Senior, passed just outside the right post. After 46 played minutes Real Madrid FC got a freekick which was hit by Ronald Skovbølling.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ulli Brandt stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Preiland in the 51st minute of play forced Real Madrid FC's goalkeeper Hannibal Senior to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hannibal Senior came out of the goal in the 51st minute to try and stop a shot by Seventh Stranger's Lucas Preiland. But to his dismay, Lucas Preiland quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. 56 minutes into the match, Seventh Stranger's goal looked a bit too open when Ulli Brandt came free, but Kaare Dyrbøg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 58 played minutes Seventh Stranger got a freekick which was hit by Roland Bræstrup. When Alexis MacAlister came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Seventh Stranger fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Alexis MacAlister couldn't finish the play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Roland Bræstrup in the 64th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Hannibal Senior prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 67 minutes of play, Seventh Stranger's Roland Bræstrup made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hannibal Senior was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Seventh Stranger's Gert Nordlid got a free kick in the 71st minute. Real Madrid FC's Hannibal Senior played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alexis MacAlister in the 76th minute of play. Seventh Stranger's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Alexis MacAlister in the 77th minute. Seventh Stranger's Alexis MacAlister was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Hannibal Senior in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 78 minutes had been played when some careless play by Real Madrid FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alexis MacAlister was slow to take the kick. During this time Seventh Stranger's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Seventh Stranger's corner Alexis MacAlister fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Hannibal Senior quite easily take care of the ball. 83 minutes into the match, Seventh Stranger's Roland Bræstrup sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hannibal Senior narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Roland Bræstrup's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hannibal Senior was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. In the 86th match minute, Real Madrid FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Werner Højsgaard to maneuver through the defense. 88 minutes into the match, Real Madrid FC's goal looked a bit too open when Roland Bræstrup came free, but Hannibal Senior reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Roland Bræstrup in the 91st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hannibal Senior saved Real Madrid FC from getting behind. In the 95th minute, Hidalgo Lereira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Seventh Stranger were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Real Madrid FC for a fine match.