League

The Cave
Spectators: 7983 (Terracing: 5988, Seating: 1836, VIP seats: 159) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Bengt Termander started the match with the kick off. A collision led to Hårdmen Slak getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Wada Pedson hit a great ball. Per-Åke Vedholm struck a weak shot in the 14th minute. Kent Kyrk didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for LeicestersKickers. Kent Kyrk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from John Kellbom in the 19th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Evert Apelkvist got free with Janne Oblak in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Bengt Termander did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Janne Oblak 24 minutes into the match. A collision led to Hårdmen Slak getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Ola Lundström hit a great ball. Wada Pedson kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. Kent Kyrk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rigoberto Paredes in the 30th minute of the match. 34 minutes into the match, LeicestersKickers's goalkeeper Janne Oblak had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Vidar Alegren. Kent Kyrk stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of John Kellbom's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers John Kellbom in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kent Kyrk saved Hårdmen Slak from getting behind. 45 minutes into the match, LeicestersKickers's Kiki Monginsidi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Kent Kyrk narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when John Kellbom stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st match minute, LeicestersKickers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rigoberto Paredes to maneuver through the defense. Janne Oblak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vidar Alegren in the 52nd minute of play. Hårdmen Slak's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Mei Sen Quan in the 53rd minute. Janne Oblak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bengt Termander, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 56th minute of the match Hårdmen Slak got a corner. LeicestersKickers's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Mei Sen Quan ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Hårdmen Slak's Mei Sen Quan to fire away a dangerous shot which Janne Oblak despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Per-Åke Vedholm kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. 58 minutes into the match, LeicestersKickers's goal looked a bit too open when Bengt Termander came free, but Janne Oblak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Macho Mann hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Hårdmen Slak made a substitution. Hampus Forsberg replaced William Falk. Vidar Alegren scored 2-0 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Janne Oblak, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Vidar Alegren's late challenge caught a LeicestersKickers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vidar Alegren helped the player get up and apologised. In the 73rd match minute, Hårdmen Slak was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vidar Alegren to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Hårdmen Slak's zone, John Kellbom stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kent Kyrk came out of the goal and John Kellbom tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Per-Åke Vedholm fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kent Kyrk having to interfere. Janne Oblak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bengt Termander, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bengt Termander sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bengt Termander in the 87th minute of play forced LeicestersKickers's goalkeeper Janne Oblak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 90th minute, Macho Mann hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Janne Oblak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Brenner in the 94th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Brenner in the 95th minute of play forced LeicestersKickers's goalkeeper Janne Oblak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.