Friendly League

Micki Bulgakov Arena
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. Helge Pihlberg started the match with the kick off. An unexpected shot in the 7th minute by Helge Pihlberg got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hansjörg Pothmer got free with Niclas Andersson in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 12thth minute of the game Verner Giliusson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Vorwärts Lübeck's Abubakar Noach was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 18th minute, Helge Pihlberg fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Niclas Andersson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Waldo Gawletta in the 20th minute of play. With an all-out effort, Vorwärts Lübeck's Niclas Andersson threw himself towards the right post 23 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Helge Pihlberg, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Vorwärts Lübeck's Abubakar Noach played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stig Malm in the 29th minute of play. In the 30th minute, Helge Pihlberg reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Niclas Andersson. The goal made the score 2-0. Falconer FC's Niclas Andersson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Falconer FC from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Helge Pihlberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Niclas Andersson was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. In the 37th minute, Alf Siöman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 39 minutes into the match, Hansjörg Pothmer had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Niclas Andersson. Falconer FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hansjörg Pothmer was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. 44 minutes into the game, Falconer FC's Verner Giliusson nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Abubakar Noach made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

The wind increased when Marko Walmarsson made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Eberhard Kobe had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Niclas Andersson. Falconer FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eberhard Kobe was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. Niclas Andersson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Waldo Gawletta in the 56th minute of play. Vorwärts Lübeck's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Waldo Gawletta in the 58th minute. Abubakar Noach made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marko Walmarsson in the 63rd minute. Falconer FC's Niclas Andersson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Helge Pihlberg in the 65th minute of play. After some careless play in the Falconer FC defense, Helge Pihlberg kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Niclas Andersson. The Falconer FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Niclas Andersson should have stopped the shot. Niclas Andersson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hansjörg Pothmer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 76th minute Severino Casero shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Niclas Andersson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 80 played minutes Falconer FC got a freekick which was hit by Verner Giliusson. After 86 minutes, Severino Casero made it 7-1 with a short kick to the right side. Falconer FC's Niclas Andersson tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Niclas Andersson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Helge Pihlberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 92 minutes into the match, Vorwärts Lübeck's goal looked a bit too open when Oskar Vesterberg came free, but Abubakar Noach reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 93 minutes into the match, Helge Pihlberg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Niclas Andersson. Falconer FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Helge Pihlberg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-1.