League

Eightball Arena
Spectators: 7372 (Terracing: 5530, Seating: 1695, VIP seats: 147) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alexander Mozzoni started the match with the kick off. After 5 played minutes, Eightball IF's Nils-Erik Kilstedt shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Carl Bollström 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 Eightball IF reached it. In the 7th minute, Eightball IF's Alexander Mozzoni ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Carl Bollström. Carl Bollström yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. When Urban Kock fell near the penalty area in the 10th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sons Of Legends's protests and gave Urban Kock a yellow card for diving instead. In the 10th match minute, Sons Of Legends was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Urban Kock to maneuver through the defense. When Thomas Morat came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the Sons Of Legends 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 Thomas Morat couldn't finish the play. In the 13th minute of the match Kristian Lang shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jesper Hagström showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Carl Bollström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexander Mozzoni in the 17th minute of the match. Cui Sang was extremely unlucky when he, in the 18th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. In the 26thth minute of the game Alexander Mozzoni who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sons Of Legends's Carl Bollström was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Jesper Hagström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nils-Erik Mikaelsson in the 28th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cui Sang in the 29th minute of play forced Sons Of Legends's goalkeeper Carl Bollström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Viktor Strömqvist fell near the penalty area in the 32nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sons Of Legends's protests and gave Viktor Strömqvist a yellow card for diving instead. Carl Bollström stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alexander Mozzoni's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. 35 minutes into the match, Cui Sang notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Sons Of Legends's Carl Bollström. Carl Bollström was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Alexander Mozzoni recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 39th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 43rd minute Thomas Morat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jesper Hagström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 44th match minute, Eightball IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rasmus Holmberg to maneuver through the defense. 47 minutes into the match, Eightball IF's goal looked a bit too open when Nils-Erik Mikaelsson came free, but Jesper Hagström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nils-Erik Mikaelsson made a kick off. In the 54th minute Alexander Mozzoni shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carl Bollström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cui Sang took the ball and in the 55 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Carl Bollström. Carl Bollström dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. In the 61st minute, Alfons Zander hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nils-Erik Mikaelsson in the 62nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jesper Hagström saved Eightball IF from getting behind. Carl Bollström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexander Mozzoni in the 63rd minute of play. Carl Bollström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexander Mozzoni in the 71st minute of play. In the 72nd minute Cui Sang shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carl Bollström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 72 played minutes Eightball IF got a freekick which was hit by Cui Sang. With a little luck, Eightball IF's Jesper Hagström got control of the ball when Sven-Edvin Engström tried to sneak it across the goal line. Carl Bollström stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alexander Mozzoni's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. After some careless play in the Sons Of Legends defense, Alexander Mozzoni kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Carl Bollström. The Sons Of Legends fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Carl Bollström should have stopped the shot. Carl Bollström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexander Mozzoni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 83 minutes into the game, Eightball IF's Cui Sang nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Carl Bollström made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. Nils-Erik Kilstedt kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. 93 minutes into the match, Sons Of Legends's goal looked a bit too open when Alexander Mozzoni came free, but Carl Bollström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 94 minutes, Bror Fredriksson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sons Of Legends and the Eightball IF players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a defensive mix-up in Sons Of Legends's zone, Cui Sang stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Carl Bollström came out of the goal and Cui Sang tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Eightball IF's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.