Friendly League

Maracana Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kasper Bivall made the kick off which started today's match. With a little luck, Arrows Academy FC's Ged Nightingale got control of the ball when Kasper Bivall tried to sneak it across the goal line. Flamengo's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Stig-Arne Ekerot in the 14th minute. 17 minutes in the game Jesús Solano did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Wen Jie Ting. Kasper Bivall blasted a shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ged Nightingale having to make a save. August Hjortberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grzegorz Piechna in the 23rd minute of the match. Grzegorz Piechna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 34 minutes had been played when some careless play by Arrows Academy FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Stig-Arne Ekerot was slow to take the kick. During this time Flamengo's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Arturo Espiridion heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. With his leg Ged Nightingale managed to avoid a goal in the 37thth minute, when Flamengo's Kasper Bivall fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Larry Ferrell in the 47th minute of play forced Flamengo's goalkeeper August Hjortberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Larry Ferrell stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. August Hjortberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Larry Ferrell, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. In the 54th minute of the match, Larry Ferrell got a very nice opportunity to score, but August Hjortberg was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. August Hjortberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Larry Ferrell in the 55th minute of play. In the 60th minute, Arrows Academy FC's Guy Hogg ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind August Hjortberg. August Hjortberg yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-1. Flamengo's Fredric Zander was substituted for Edwardt Balmett. In the 65th minute of the match, Grzegorz Piechna tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but August Hjortberg saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 66th minute of the match Arrows Academy FC got a corner. Flamengo's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Guy Hogg ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 68th minute, Jesús Solano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 69th minute Kasper Bivall shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ged Nightingale saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. August Hjortberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Larry Ferrell in the 71st minute of play. Flamengo made a substitution. Elliott Gustafsson replaced Basílio Ornelas. Flamengo's Elliott Gustafsson managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Wen Jie Ting in the 77 minute of the game. Ged Nightingale made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kasper Bivall in the 78th minute of play. Ged Nightingale showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fredric Zander, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kasper Bivall in the 86th minute of play forced Arrows Academy FC's goalkeeper Ged Nightingale to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 87th minute, Arrows Academy FC's Grzegorz Piechna ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind August Hjortberg. August Hjortberg yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-2. Arrows Academy FC played a much better game than Flamengo and deserved their victory. The Flamengo players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.