Challenge

Savannah of Africa
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Oskar Pettersson took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Cheetah Team's zone, Major Barna stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Claes Caspersson came out of the goal and Major Barna tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 5 minutes into the match, Hungary's goal looked a bit too open when Oskar Pettersson came free, but Fodor Daniel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antal Valentin in the 7th minute of play forced Cheetah Team's goalkeeper Claes Caspersson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 10 minutes Cheetah Team's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Antal Valentin who took care of the corner kick. Hungary's Antal Valentin was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Claes Caspersson in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After a defensive mix-up in Cheetah Team's zone, Major Barna stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Claes Caspersson came out of the goal and Major Barna tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 19thth minute of the game Major Barna who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cheetah Team's Claes Caspersson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 19 minutes, Major Barna put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Claes Caspersson. In the 22nd minute, Szekeres Tamas had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. After 24 played minutes Cheetah Team got a freekick which was hit by Oskar Pettersson. Claes Caspersson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Balazs Lajos in the 28th minute of play. Oskar Pettersson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Fodor Daniel made a huge save. After a defensive mix-up in Cheetah Team's zone, Major Barna stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Claes Caspersson came out of the goal and Major Barna tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Antal Valentin in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Claes Caspersson saved Cheetah Team from getting behind. When Oskar Pettersson was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 37 minutes had been played. The supporters of Hungary booed when Cheetah Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Oskar Pettersson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Claes Caspersson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Major Barna in the 39th minute of the match. If Valter Mellin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Antal Valentin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fodor Daniel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alex Ahlrot in the 45th minute. In the 46th match minute, Cheetah Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sivert Nord to maneuver through the defense. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Antal Valentin made a kick off. Dick Forssell hit a great freekick 50 minutes into the match. If Takacs Tibor had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gilbert Benett's late challenge caught a Hungary's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gilbert Benett helped the player get up and apologised. In the 60th minute, Gilbert Benett hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Cheetah Team's Claes Caspersson got control of the ball when Major Barna tried to sneak it across the goal line. 77 minutes into the match, Valter Mellin notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Hungary's Fodor Daniel. Fodor Daniel was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of Hungary booed when Cheetah Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fritz Grönlund didn't get a good kick on the ball. Claes Caspersson made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Major Barna sent off a good shot on target. Claes Caspersson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Takacs Tibor in the 84th minute of the match. Gilbert Benett got his second yellow card in the match during the 88th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After 89 played minutes Cheetah Team got a freekick which was hit by Gilbert Benett. 93 minutes into the match, Takacs Tibor had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Claes Caspersson. Cheetah Team's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Takacs Tibor was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. When the final whistle sounded Hungary left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Cheetah Team.