Friendly League

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Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sindre Walle got the match started through his kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gustavo-Hernán Egoi in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Henning Sæmer saved FC Nordsjælland from getting behind. Henning Sæmer didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gustavo-Hernán Egoi went, in the 4th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 8th minute, Gustavo-Hernán Egoi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. When the match had gone on for 10 minutes, Gustavo-Hernán Egoi put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Henning Sæmer. Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's Kepa Arrizabalaga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dimitar Berbatov in the 13th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Dimitar Berbatov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kepa Arrizabalaga was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. Henning Sæmer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gustavo-Hernán Egoi, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Henning Sæmer came out of the goal in the 19th minute to try and stop a shot by Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's Gustavo-Hernán Egoi. But to his dismay, Gustavo-Hernán Egoi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. Gustavo-Hernán Egoi scored 0-5 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Henning Sæmer, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 32nd minute Gustavo-Hernán Egoi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henning Sæmer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gustavo-Hernán Egoi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Henning Sæmer read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 33rd minute of play. Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Aaron Jokin in the 35th minute. The corner ended in Gustavo-Hernán Egoi almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC Nordsjælland's Henning Sæmer did a great save. Gustavo-Hernán Egoi took the ball and in the 36 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Henning Sæmer. Henning Sæmer dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustavo-Hernán Egoi in the 42nd minute of play forced FC Nordsjælland's goalkeeper Henning Sæmer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-6.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Pedro Ochoa to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Nordsjælland's goalkeeper Henning Sæmer, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 57 minutes into the match, FC Nordsjælland's goal looked a bit too open when Pedro Ochoa came free, but Henning Sæmer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 59 minutes into the match, FC Nordsjælland's goal looked a bit too open when Gustavo-Hernán Egoi came free, but Henning Sæmer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 60 minutes FC Nordsjælland's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Aaron Jokin who took care of the corner kick. Iker Eneko struck a weak shot in the 63rd minute. Henning Sæmer didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka. After a rather tough play, FC Nordsjælland's Romeo Pleth got a free kick in the 64th minute. Through an outstanding action, after 66 minutes, Henning Sæmer successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Henning Sæmer made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Gustavo-Hernán Egoi sent off a good shot on target. With his leg Henning Sæmer managed to avoid a goal in the 75thth minute, when Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's Gustavo-Hernán Egoi fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 77th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Nordsjælland's goalkeeper Henning Sæmer, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 78th minute Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka were awarded a corner. Aaron Jokin went to the cornerflag to take it. Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's Kepa Arrizabalaga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sindre Walle in the 81st minute of play. In the 84th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Nordsjælland's goalkeeper Henning Sæmer, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A nice corner shot did that Aaron Jokin got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Henning Sæmer quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After having played for 86 minutes, Gustavo-Hernán Egoi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gustavo-Hernán Egoi 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 couple of smart ball manuevers Gustavo-Hernán Egoi in the 88th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Henning Sæmer saved FC Nordsjælland from getting behind. In the 91st minute Gustavo-Hernán Egoi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henning Sæmer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.