Friendly League

Sven-Göran Eriksson
Spectators: 48 (Terracing: 37, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s Martin Petkov 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Petkov in the 3rd minute of play forced Golden Lions FC's goalkeeper Anders Lundqvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anders Lundqvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martin Petkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Golden Lions FC were awarded a corner in the 7th minute after ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Arne Tönnberg took the corner. Anders Lundqvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maciej Chmelyk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mats Nyström received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Pedro Muro came out and tried to block the shot, but Mats Nyström slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 15th minute. 19 minutes into the match, Golden Lions FC's goal looked a bit too open when Martin Petkov came free, but Anders Lundqvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Anders Lundqvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maciej Chmelyk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Lucio Pekergin came up free with the goalie in the 28th minute, the ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ 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 Lucio Pekergin couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Mats Nyström's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedro Muro was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. Anders Lundqvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maciej Chmelyk, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. After a rather tough play, ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s José Julio Serpa got a free kick in the 41st minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arne Tönnberg got free with Pedro Muro in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 42nd match minute, ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Elazar Quiero to maneuver through the defense. 45 minutes into the game, Loco Durazno cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Pedro Muro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s Arnaldo Aravena was substituted for Maciej Chmelyk. The wind increased when Mats Nyström made the kick off in the second half. Pedro Muro didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Golden Lions FC's Mats Nyström shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Joakim Haegg kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s Santiago Hurtado was substituted for Lucio Pekergin. After 59 played minutes Golden Lions FC got a freekick which was hit by Joakim Haegg. Pedro José Nogueira's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Anders Lundqvist firmly grabbed it by the left post. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mats Nyström in the 62nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pedro Muro saved ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ from getting behind. After 64 played minutes ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ got a freekick which was hit by José Julio Serpa. Pedro Muro came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by Golden Lions FC's Marcelo Steven. But to his dismay, Marcelo Steven quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ricart Melinao in the 68th minute of play forced Golden Lions FC's goalkeeper Anders Lundqvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedro Muro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Loco Durazno in the 69th minute of the match. 71 minutes into the match, Loco Durazno notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s Pedro Muro. Pedro Muro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Golden Lions FC made a substitution. Burç Tokhan replaced Loco Durazno. Pedro José Nogueira had several of the Golden Lions FC's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 78 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 5-1 score and a disappointed Anders Lundqvist as he didn't even see the shot coming. Anders Lundqvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santiago Hurtado in the 81st minute of the match. In the 84th minute Santiago Hurtado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anders Lundqvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 86 minutes into the match, King Køng had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anders Lundqvist. Golden Lions FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that King Køng was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-2. Golden Lions FC's Anders Lundqvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by King Køng in the 88th minute of play. ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s Pedro Muro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Burç Tokhan in the 90th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elazar Quiero in the 92nd minute of play forced Golden Lions FC's goalkeeper Anders Lundqvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 93rd minute of the match ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ got a corner. Golden Lions FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Pedro José Nogueira ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 94th match minute, ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Santiago Hurtado to maneuver through the defense. 97 minutes into the match, ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s goal looked a bit too open when Burç Tokhan came free, but Pedro Muro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Golden Lions FC had won after a very even match.