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Gladiator Arena
Spectators: 7565 (Terracing: 5675, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jakob Andreasson started the match with the kick off. Jim Skarkman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jan-Ove Rönn, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jakob Andreasson in the 8th minute of play forced Denzashow's goalkeeper Alf Gerdberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jim Skarkman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Björn Strandberg in the 10th minute of play. When Jonas Ånger fell near the penalty area in the 12th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Denzashow's protests and gave Jonas Ånger a yellow card for diving instead. In the 12th minute, Jonas Ånger hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Björn Strandberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Jim Skarkman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Baptiste Santamaria in the 26thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Jim Skarkman, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Jan-Ove Rönn scored 3-0 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jim Skarkman, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 5-0 became the score in the 36th minute when Jan-Ove Rönn elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Lucas Ahlquist received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Alf Gerdberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 6-0 became the score in the 42nd minute when Baptiste Santamaria elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Jim Skarkman made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jan-Ove Rönn in the 46th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 6-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jan-Ove Rönn made a kick off. Jim Skarkman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Baptiste Santamaria, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Heart of a Champion FC's Robin Bure got a free kick in the 54th minute. Björn Strandberg recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 54th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Alf Gerdberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jakob Andreasson, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Heart of a Champion FC's Jim Skarkman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jan-Ove Rönn in the 63rd minute of play. After some careless play in the Heart of a Champion FC defense, Jan-Ove Rönn kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jim Skarkman. The Heart of a Champion FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jim Skarkman should have stopped the shot. Jan-Ove Rönn took the ball and in the 71 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jim Skarkman. Jim Skarkman dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 8-0. Jim Skarkman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Baptiste Santamaria in the 74th minute of the match. Jakob Andreasson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Alf Gerdberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 79th minute Lucas Ahlquist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alf Gerdberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 80 minutes, Jan-Ove Rönn put it in 9-0 from a short distance just to the right of Jim Skarkman. Jakob Andreasson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alf Gerdberg having to interfere. In the 95th minute, Lucas Ahlquist left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Heart of a Champion FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 9-1. When the referee ended the match the Denzashow players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.