Friendly League

Joaquin muñoz
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Raimundo Tupper kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute, Calle Bruse hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tobias Sandberg acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 4th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Hüseyin Rahmi Toper. Elias Bröms charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Elias Bröms the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 7th match minute, REAL SUOMI CF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Elias Bröms to maneuver through the defense. 11 minutes into the match, Club Deportes Santa Cruz's goal looked a bit too open when Dan Ahlbeck came free, but Ilkka Markkula reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 14 played minutes Club Deportes Santa Cruz got a freekick which was hit by Qu Zheng Song. If Edmund Bäcklin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Podador Raheiro's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Tobias Sandberg firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 24th minute Dan Ahlbeck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilkka Markkula saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Podador Raheiro received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Tobias Sandberg came out and tried to block the shot, but Podador Raheiro slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 26th minute. With a little luck, REAL SUOMI CF's Tobias Sandberg got control of the ball when Podador Raheiro tried to sneak it across the goal line. 28 minutes into the game, Raimundo Tupper lined in a short shot 2-0 behind a frustrated Tobias Sandberg. Juan Estevan Hamdorf hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 34th minute, Dan Ahlbeck managed to get in a good position for a shot. REAL SUOMI CF's supporters rose to their feet, but Dan Ahlbeck was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ilkka Markkula breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 35th minute, Raimundo Tupper reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Tobias Sandberg. The goal made the score 3-0. 47 minutes into the game, Raimundo Tupper recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Tobias Sandberg. Raimundo Tupper showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 4-0. Club Deportes Santa Cruz made a substitution. Trayko Gradinarski replaced Podador Raheiro. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dan Ahlbeck stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Tobias Sandberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yan Zhi Chuan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the REAL SUOMI CF defense, Marcus Edström kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tobias Sandberg. The REAL SUOMI CF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tobias Sandberg should have stopped the shot. Ilkka Markkula made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dan Ahlbeck in the 66th minute of play. Club Deportes Santa Cruz's Yan Zhi Chuan got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 72 minutes into the game, Club Deportes Santa Cruz's Yan Zhi Chuan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tobias Sandberg made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hüseyin Rahmi Toper in the 74th minute of play forced REAL SUOMI CF's goalkeeper Tobias Sandberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 82 minutes of play, Club Deportes Santa Cruz's Yan Zhi Chuan made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tobias Sandberg was left in no man's land by his defense there! Tobias Sandberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Trayko Gradinarski, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Johannes Sörman got free with Ilkka Markkula in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 95 minutes into the match, Trayko Gradinarski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tobias Sandberg. REAL SUOMI CF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Trayko Gradinarski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-0. After 98 minutes of play, Club Deportes Santa Cruz's Trayko Gradinarski made it 9-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tobias Sandberg was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Club Deportes Santa Cruz fans cheered their team off the field, for while REAL SUOMI CF had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.