Friendly League

Meadow Lane
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Emil Almkvist took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes into the game, Stellan Lundström recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Elvir Langer. Stellan Lundström showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. In the 7th minute, Stellan Lundström left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Meadow Village fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. The goalkeeper, Elvir Langer, was totally fooled by Meadow Village's Emil Almkvist, who 12 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. When Meadow Village's Stellan Lundström, in the 15th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Meadow Village. Henry Vall took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alois Gräber, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Meadow Village's Henry Vall played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kevin Stoffel in the 23rd minute of play. The supporters of Motala AIF booed when Meadow Village was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stellan Lundström didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 29th minute Stellan Lundström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elvir Langer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Christoph Kolp came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Motala AIF 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 Christoph Kolp couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Meadow Village getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Malcolm Ahlström hit a great ball. After 34 played minutes, Motala AIF's Mats Loose shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Henry Vall came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Motala AIF reached it. In the 38th minute the ball was on its way in behind Motala AIF's goalkeeper Elvir Langer, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 39 minutes into the match, Meadow Village's goal looked a bit too open when Kevin Stoffel came free, but Henry Vall reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Stellan Lundström scored 4-0 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Elvir Langer, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Kevin Stoffel was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute Jarl Olsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elvir Langer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Elvir Langer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emil Almkvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Reine Pilberg hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Jarl Olsson's late challenge caught a Motala AIF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jarl Olsson helped the player get up and apologised. Christopher Vögeli kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. In the 62nd match minute, Meadow Village was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sven-Ove Petersson to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jarl Olsson in the 63rd minute of play forced Motala AIF's goalkeeper Elvir Langer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Elvir Langer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stellan Lundström in the 64th minute of play. During the 68th minute of the match Jarl Olsson completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Jarl Olsson a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Elvir Langer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emil Almkvist in the 74th minute of play. 75 minutes into the match, Motala AIF's goal looked a bit too open when Emil Almkvist came free, but Elvir Langer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Stellan Lundström struck a weak shot in the 82nd minute. Elvir Langer didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Meadow Village. Åke Vallmark lost his temper 89 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 89th minute of the game. One of Meadow Village:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Motala AIF:s goal. Hanspeter Büchel placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Emil Almkvist managed to get in a good position for a shot. Meadow Village's supporters rose to their feet, but Emil Almkvist was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Elvir Langer breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 95th match minute, Motala AIF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hanspeter Büchel to maneuver through the defense. Meadow Village's Henry Vall proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 97th minute of the match, managed to save Meadow Village from getting a goal against them. Meadow Village walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.