Prized/Friendly Cup

GNUVALLEN
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Edoardo Rinaldi took the kick off in the first half of the match. Villiam Vedholm did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-0 to the left of a surprised Alberto Andreola 14 minutes into the match. Eugenio Stefano charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eugenio Stefano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. GNUSKALLARNA made a substitution. Ivan Forsberg replaced Villiam Vedholm. Eugenio Stefano kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. Edoardo Rinaldi's late challenge caught a GNUSKALLARNA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Edoardo Rinaldi helped the player get up and apologised. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Edoardo Cabrini during the 26th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. If Timmy Löfgren had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 31st minute, Daniel Beckeman got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Valdieri's Edoardo Cabrini got his second yellow card of the match in the 34th minute. The referee ordered Edoardo Cabrini off the ground. Edoardo Cabrini kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. 36 minutes into the match, Ivan Forsberg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alberto Andreola. Valdieri's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ivan Forsberg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ivan Forsberg got free with Alberto Andreola in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 45 played minutes Valdieri got a freekick which was hit by Cosimo Avesani. In the 46th minute of the match Daniel Beckeman shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Alberto Andreola showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 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.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ivan Forsberg was the one to do the kick off. 54 minutes into the game, Ivan Forsberg cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Alberto Andreola was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Timmy Löfgren hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Timmy Löfgren in the 59th minute of play forced Valdieri's goalkeeper Alberto Andreola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valdieri's Alberto Andreola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Beckeman in the 60th minute of play. Alberto Andreola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timmy Löfgren in the 62nd minute of the match. Ivan Forsberg blasted a shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Alberto Andreola having to make a save. 67 minutes into the match, Valdieri's goal looked a bit too open when Torsten Hammarberg came free, but Alberto Andreola reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sverker Wennersten might have been able to make a better finish in the 69th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Alberto Andreola. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Sverker Wennersten ran back to his position shaking his head. The supporters of GNUSKALLARNA booed when Valdieri was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edoardo Rinaldi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alberto Andreola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivan Forsberg in the 71st minute of the match. After 72 minutes of play, GNUSKALLARNA's Timmy Löfgren made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alberto Andreola was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Torsten Hammarberg in the 78th minute of play forced Valdieri's goalkeeper Alberto Andreola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 80 played minutes Valdieri got a freekick which was hit by Edoardo Rinaldi. Torsten Hammarberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alberto Andreola having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Ivan Forsberg managed to get in a good position for a shot. GNUSKALLARNA's supporters rose to their feet, but Ivan Forsberg was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alberto Andreola breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ivan Forsberg in the 87th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Alberto Andreola prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Alberto Andreola came out of the goal in the 88th minute to try and stop a shot by GNUSKALLARNA's Timmy Löfgren. But to his dismay, Timmy Löfgren quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-0. In the 93rd minute, Ivan Forsberg made a precise shot to the right of Alberto Andreola. Valdieri's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 8-0. In the 98th minute, Timmy Löfgren made a precise shot to the right of Alberto Andreola. Valdieri's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 9-0. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. GNUSKALLARNA had played much better football throughout.