Friendly League

Diamonds Center
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Oscar Igelström started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The audience thought a goal was coming when Oscar Igelström got free with Max Washington in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Arne Magnusson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Danny Ings in the 10th minute of play. A collision led to Elizabeth Three Lions FC getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Louis Lobb hit a great ball. 14 minutes into the game, Danny Ings cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Arne Magnusson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Arne Magnusson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Galin Nikov, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. A collision led to Ströms Diamonds getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Kenny Lagerberg hit a great ball. Ströms Diamonds's Arne Magnusson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Michail Antonio in the 21st minute of play. The supporters of Elizabeth Three Lions FC booed when Ströms Diamonds was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aaron Zander didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arne Magnusson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Galin Nikov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 31 minutes into the game, Michail Antonio cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Arne Magnusson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to Elizabeth Three Lions FC getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Dane Newman hit a great ball. 40 minutes into the game, Michail Antonio cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Arne Magnusson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Danny Ings might have been able to make a better finish in the 42nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Arne Magnusson. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Danny Ings ran back to his position shaking his head. Arne Magnusson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Michail Antonio in the 45th minute of play. Arne Magnusson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Danny Ings in the 46th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Danny Ings to strike the kick off in the second half. If Danny Ings had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ströms Diamonds's Arne Magnusson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Ströms Diamonds from getting a goal against them. After 58 minutes, Albert Knowles mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Elizabeth Three Lions FC and the Ströms Diamonds players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 58 played minutes Elizabeth Three Lions FC got a freekick which was hit by Albert Knowles. When the match had gone on for 60 minutes, Michail Antonio took a quick shot and it went in 1-4 without a chance for Arne Magnusson to make any attempt to save it. Ströms Diamonds's Arne Magnusson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save Ströms Diamonds from getting a goal against them. In the 65th minute, Oscar Igelström ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Max Washington was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-4. Arne Magnusson made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when Danny Ings sent off a good shot on target. After 70 minutes Ströms Diamonds's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Alonso Quesada who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which John Branson managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. In the 77th minute, Michail Antonio reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Arne Magnusson. The goal made the score 2-5. With a little luck, Ströms Diamonds's Arne Magnusson got control of the ball when Danny Ings tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Michail Antonio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arne Magnusson was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Michail Antonio in the 85th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Arne Magnusson saved Ströms Diamonds from getting behind. In the 85th match minute, Ströms Diamonds was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stefan Simonsson to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 86 minutes, Danny Ings managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Elizabeth Three Lions FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Danny Ings was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a little luck, Ströms Diamonds's Arne Magnusson got control of the ball when Galin Nikov tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 95th minute, Galin Nikov fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. In the 95th minute, Galin Nikov made a precise shot to the right of Arne Magnusson. Ströms Diamonds's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-6. The Ströms Diamonds fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Elizabeth Three Lions FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.