Friendly League

Push Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Håkan Galle got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilhelm Sahlberg in the 4th minute of play forced Manchester United FC's goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilhelm Sahlberg in the 6th minute of play forced Manchester United FC's goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Armando Miconi in the 8th minute of play forced Manchester United FC's goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 13th minute, Taisto Pentsinen managed to get in a good position for a shot. Manchester United FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Taisto Pentsinen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Stor Norling breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Through an outstanding action, after 18 minutes, Edwin van der Sar successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Stor Norling took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Davide Beckham, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Manchester United FC booed when Atletico Sweds was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patrick Henriksson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Atletico Sweds's Stor Norling played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Taisto Pentsinen in the 33rd minute of play. With a little luck, Manchester United FC's Edwin van der Sar got control of the ball when Göran Lind tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 36 minutes of play, Manchester United FC's Valdemar Kuoppala made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stor Norling was left in no man's land by his defense there! Edwin van der Sar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wilhelm Sahlberg in the 42nd minute of the match. After 44 played minutes Atletico Sweds got a freekick which was hit by Ove Håkansson. Stor Norling showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Taisto Pentsinen in the 45th minute of the match.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Valdemar Kuoppala made a kick off. Valdemar Kuoppalas short, quick shot in the 53rdth minute got Stor Norling to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 55th minute, Armando Miconi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Stor Norling made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Valdemar Kuoppala sent off a good shot on target. Manchester United FC's Edwin van der Sar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Göran Lind in the 61st minute of play. Edwin van der Sar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wilhelm Sahlberg in the 63rd minute of play. 66 minutes into the match, Valdemar Kuoppala notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Atletico Sweds's Stor Norling. Stor Norling was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 68 minutes into the game, Davide Beckham recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Stor Norling. Davide Beckham showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-3. 74 minutes into the match, Valdemar Kuoppala had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stor Norling. Atletico Sweds's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Valdemar Kuoppala was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. The supporters of Atletico Sweds booed when Manchester United FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Davide Beckham didn't get a good kick on the ball. Håkan Galle scored 1-4 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Edwin van der Sar, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 88 minutes into the game, Valdemar Kuoppala lined in a short shot 1-5 behind a frustrated Stor Norling. Eero Uusipaavalniemi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Stor Norling made a huge save. Stor Norling showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valdemar Kuoppala in the 94th minute of the match. 95 minutes into the match, Manchester United FC's goal looked a bit too open when Göran Lind came free, but Edwin van der Sar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.