Friendly League

Sven-Göran Eriksson
Spectators: 46 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mats Nyström got the match started through his kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Golden Lions FC's Loco Durazno slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Magne Gunnarsson. That made the score 1-0 after 3 minutes of play. Rönnöfors FF's Torsten Åman was substituted for Edwin Ahlstedt. Loco Durazno who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 10thth minute tested the skills of Magne Gunnarsson when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Magne Gunnarsson made a fantastic save in the 12th minute, when Loco Durazno sent off a good shot on target. In the 14thth minute of the game Loco Durazno who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Rönnöfors FF's Magne Gunnarsson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Rönnöfors FF's Magne Gunnarsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mats Nyström in the 18th minute of play. If Loco Durazno had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 19th minute, Loco Durazno reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Magne Gunnarsson. The goal made the score 2-0. Anders Lundqvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henry Fagerberg in the 22nd minute of play. With 24 minutes on the clock, Wiktor Dahlman commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. When the match clock showed 28 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Loco Durazno sped through Rönnöfors FF's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Magne Gunnarsson. The audience was convinced that Loco Durazno's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Magne Gunnarsson was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. Mats Nyström fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Magne Gunnarsson having to interfere. Loco Duraznos short, quick shot in the 35thth minute got Magne Gunnarsson to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Rönnöfors FF's Magne Gunnarsson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save Rönnöfors FF from getting a goal against them. Mats Nyström blasted a shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Magne Gunnarsson having to make a save. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Henry Fagerberg to make the kick off. Anders Lundqvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henry Fagerberg in the 59th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Rönnöfors FF's Dag Spets got a free kick in the 64th minute. Arne Tönnberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 67th minute the ball was on its way in behind Golden Lions FC's goalkeeper Anders Lundqvist, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Rönnöfors FF's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Per Stenberg in the 69th minute. Henry Fagerberg made a great header on Rönnöfors FF's corner, it was just that Golden Lions FC's Anders Lundqvist managed to reach the ball for a save. When Henry Fagerberg came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Rönnöfors FF 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 Henry Fagerberg couldn't finish the play. If Arne Stor had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anders Lundqvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Henry Fagerberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Magne Gunnarsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mats Nyström in the 83rd minute of the match. Burç Tokhan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 90th minute Burç Tokhan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Magne Gunnarsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Magne Gunnarsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mats Nyström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Anders Lundqvist made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Per Stenberg sent off a good shot on target. In the 94th match minute, Golden Lions FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joschi Hook to maneuver through the defense. Magne Gunnarsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Burç Tokhan in the 96th minute of play.