Monsterz Arena
Spectators: 7700 (Terracing: 5776,
Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Åke Månsson made the kick off which started today's match. If Junior Corrado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bertil Skarkman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Junior Corrado in the 5th minute of the match. Bengt Olofsson's late challenge caught a Defensores del Tiki Tiki's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bengt Olofsson helped the player get up and apologised. Bengt Olofsson kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. 6 minutes into the match, Digital Monsterz FC's goal looked a bit too open when Junior Corrado came free, but Bertil Skarkman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Digital Monsterz FC defense, Junior Corrado kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bertil Skarkman. The Digital Monsterz FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bertil Skarkman should have stopped the shot. Bertil Skarkman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Baldomiro Inocente in the 10th minute of play. In the 11th minute Defensores del Tiki Tiki were awarded a corner. Rodolfo Salomon went to the cornerflag to take it. Junior Corrado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bertil Skarkman having to interfere. 14 minutes into the match, Defensores del Tiki Tiki's Ruperto Abad sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bertil Skarkman narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Bertil Skarkman stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Baldomiro Inocente's shot from short distance in the 17th minute. 19 minutes into the match, Baldomiro Inocente had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bertil Skarkman. Digital Monsterz FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Baldomiro Inocente was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. The audience was convinced that Baldomiro Inocente's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bertil Skarkman was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. In the 23rd minute Baldomiro Inocente shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bertil Skarkman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Baldomiro Inocente in the 25th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bertil Skarkman saved Digital Monsterz FC from getting behind. Rodolfo Salomon hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Horacio Ponc made an important save on a dangerous shot by Åke Månsson in the 27th minute. Baldomiro Inocente 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. Bertil Skarkman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Baldomiro Inocente, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. 32 minutes into the match, Digital Monsterz FC's goal looked a bit too open when Baldomiro Inocente came free, but Bertil Skarkman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Horacio Ponc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kenny Edström in the 33rd minute of the match. After having played for 35 minutes, Åke Månsson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Digital Monsterz FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Åke Månsson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 37 minutes into the match, Defensores del Tiki Tiki's Junior Corrado sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bertil Skarkman narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 38 minutes Digital Monsterz FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Rodolfo Salomon who took care of the corner kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Digital Monsterz FC's goalie and right to Ruperto Abad. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Digital Monsterz FC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. A collision led to Defensores del Tiki Tiki getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Ruperto Abad hit a great ball. In the 44th minute, Baldomiro Inocente ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bertil Skarkman was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Baldomiro Inocente received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Bertil Skarkman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Sílvio Dante was the one to do the kick off. Digital Monsterz FC's Bertil Skarkman proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save Digital Monsterz FC from getting a goal against them. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Sílvio Dante during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 54th minute, Sílvio Dante hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Johan Nyberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bertil Skarkman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Junior Corrado, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Defensores del Tiki Tiki's Horacio Ponc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Åke Månsson in the 58th minute of play. Horacio Ponc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jens-Erik Giöck in the 60th minute of the match. If Ruperto Abad had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Sílvio Dante could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Bertil Skarkman made a huge save. Junior Corrado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bertil Skarkman having to interfere. Digital Monsterz FC's Bertil Skarkman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sílvio Dante in the 77th minute of play. Bertil Skarkman didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sílvio Dante went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. 84 minutes into the match, Digital Monsterz FC's goal looked a bit too open when Sílvio Dante came free, but Bertil Skarkman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Digital Monsterz FC's zone, Ruperto Abad stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bertil Skarkman came out of the goal and Ruperto Abad tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Sílvio Dante came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Defensores del Tiki Tiki 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 Sílvio Dante couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sílvio Dante in the 93rd minute of play forced Digital Monsterz FC's goalkeeper Bertil Skarkman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 94th match minute, Digital Monsterz FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jens-Erik Giöck to maneuver through the defense. Junior Corrado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bertil Skarkman having to interfere. Sílvio Dante received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Bertil Skarkman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 99th minute, Sílvio Dante managed to get in a good position for a shot. Defensores del Tiki Tiki's supporters rose to their feet, but Sílvio Dante was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bertil Skarkman breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.
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