Official Cup

War Memorial Stadium
Spectators: 156 (Terracing: 117, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Edwin McNamara started the match with the kick off. Felix Musko kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. In the 3rd minute, a hard, long distance shot from Nils McNamara hit the top of the crossbar and flew over the goal. When Carabata Groove's Hauk Hareide in the 5th minute got a chance for a shot 5th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Wyoming Cowboys's goalie prevented a goal. In the 8th minute, Hauk Hareide left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Carabata Groove fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. When Carabata Groove's Hauk Hareide in the 12th minute got a chance for a shot 12th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Wyoming Cowboys's goalie prevented a goal. Leif Jespersson's late challenge caught a Carabata Groove's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Leif Jespersson helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Wyoming Cowboys's Leif Jespersson got a free kick in the 13th minute. Hauk Hareide sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 15th minute Hauk Hareide shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henning Berglund saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 17 minutes into the match, Carabata Groove's Hauk Hareide sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Henning Berglund narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hauk Hareide in the 19th minute of play forced Wyoming Cowboys's goalkeeper Henning Berglund to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Henning Berglund made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hauk Hareide in the 23rd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Harry Sjö got free with Cristobal Goito in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Hauk Hareide had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Henning Berglund showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hauk Hareide, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Henning Berglund showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hauk Hareide, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. 36 minutes into the game, Harry Sjö recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Cristobal Goito. Harry Sjö showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-1. Åke Odin's late challenge caught a Wyoming Cowboys's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Åke Odin helped the player get up and apologised. After 42 played minutes Carabata Groove got a freekick which was hit by Åke Odin. 46 minutes into the match, Carabata Groove's goalkeeper Cristobal Goito had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mats McNamara. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Carabata Groove's Andreas Möller was substituted for Hermengildo Bazkoare. Carabata Groove's Nemesio Opilano was substituted for Hauk Hareide. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nemesio Opilano to make the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Cesur Atik kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Henning Berglund. That made the score 1-2 in the 53 minute of play. Wyoming Cowboys's Henning Berglund proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save Wyoming Cowboys from getting a goal against them. Henning Berglund showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nemesio Opilano, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. The corner led Carabata Groove's Felix Musko to fire away a dangerous shot which Henning Berglund despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 68 minutes into the match, Nemesio Opilano had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Henning Berglund. Wyoming Cowboys's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nemesio Opilano was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Carabata Groove's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Felix Musko in the 73rd minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Andreas Möller heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cesur Atik got free with Henning Berglund in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ragnar McNamara hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Henning Berglund took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nemesio Opilano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cristobal Goito didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Harry Sjö went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Verner Myr in the 86th minute of play forced Carabata Groove's goalkeeper Cristobal Goito to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Henning Berglund didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 90th minute, which inside left pole to 2-4. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Carabata Groove eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.