Official Cup

Quality Arena
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) FC Mackan United's Sebastian Dahlberg started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 4th minute, Ivar Billock reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Patrik Tillman. The goal made the score 1-0. 10 minutes into the match, FC Mackan United's goal looked a bit too open when Tao Shi Fan came free, but Patrik Tillman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When FC Mackan United's Marcus Sjögren, in the 11th 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 FC Mackan United. Sebastian Dahlberg charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sebastian Dahlberg the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Nordic Union's Mariusz Prusinowski got a free kick in the 19th minute. FC Mackan United's Marcus Sjögren got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sebastian Dahlberg in the 21st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Manfred Öberg saved Nordic Union from getting behind. Manfred Öberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Osvald Borre, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Nordic Union getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Tao Shi Fan hit a great ball. In the 29th minute FC Mackan United were awarded a corner. Osvald Borre went to the cornerflag to take it. Ivar Billock in the 34thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Patrik Tillman, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Fredrik Söderquist made a great header on Nordic Union's corner, it was just that FC Mackan United's Patrik Tillman managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 43rd match minute, FC Mackan United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dyllan Vincke to maneuver through the defense. Bertil Uggla hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. When Fredrik Söderquist came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the Nordic Union 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 Fredrik Söderquist couldn't finish the play. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tao Shi Fan to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivar Billock in the 51st minute of play forced FC Mackan United's goalkeeper Patrik Tillman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A nice corner shot did that Ivar Billock got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Patrik Tillman quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Ivar Billock fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patrik Tillman having to interfere. A hard shot 57 in the game by Sebastian Dahlberg from a close distance when the talented Manfred Öberg managed to make a qualified save. Nordic Union's players were relieved. 61 minutes into the game, Nordic Union's Fredrik Söderquist nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Patrik Tillman made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. Mariusz Prusinowski might have been able to make a better finish in the 66th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Patrik Tillman. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mariusz Prusinowski ran back to his position shaking his head. FC Mackan United's Jon Bammerman was substituted for Osvald Borre. In the 71stth minute of the game Tao Shi Fan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Mackan United's Patrik Tillman was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Sebastian Dahlberg came free with the goalkeeper in the 72nd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Manfred Öberg could save by the left post. Sebastian Dahlberg did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-2 to the left of a surprised Manfred Öberg 74 minutes into the match. Patrik Tillman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fredrik Söderquist, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Tao Shi Fan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patrik Tillman having to interfere. After 80 minutes of play, Nordic Union's Waldir Andrade made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Patrik Tillman was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 83rd minute Mariusz Prusinowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patrik Tillman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 84 minutes into the match, FC Mackan United's goal looked a bit too open when Waldir Andrade came free, but Patrik Tillman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 85th minute Mariusz Prusinowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patrik Tillman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 89th minute Mariusz Prusinowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patrik Tillman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 90 played minutes Nordic Union got a freekick which was hit by Matthias Haglund. In the 92nd minute, Jon Bammerman reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Manfred Öberg. The goal made the score 3-3. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.