Official Cup

Beech Beach
Spectators: 185 (Terracing: 140, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) SE7EN's Ulrik Holmberg 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. When SE7EN's Vilhelm Alkvist in the 7th minute got a chance for a shot 7th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Beech United's goalie prevented a goal. After some careless play in the Beech United defense, Emanuel Söderquist kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eric Allison. The Beech United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eric Allison should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, SE7EN's Nils-Erik Österlund got a free kick in the 12th minute. Beech United's Bobby Baxter got a good chance for a goal in the 14th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ulrik Holmberg's late challenge caught a Beech United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ulrik Holmberg helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to SE7EN getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Ulrik Holmberg hit a great ball. Sverker Pedersson was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Fitz Potterton. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ulrik Holmberg in the 18th minute of play forced Beech United's goalkeeper Eric Allison to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eric Allison showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emanuel Söderquist in the 20th minute of the match. Benjamin Welch sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eric Allison didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jan Alefors went, in the 28th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Eric Allison came out of the goal in the 31st minute to try and stop a shot by SE7EN's Nils-Erik Österlund. But to his dismay, Nils-Erik Österlund quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. Eric Allison showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan Alefors in the 34th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Ulrik Holmberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eric Allison was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. 38 minutes into the match, Beech United's goal looked a bit too open when Jan Alefors came free, but Eric Allison reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 39th minute the ball was on its way in behind SE7EN's goalkeeper Sverker Pedersson, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 41 minutes into the match, Emanuel Söderquist notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of Beech United's Eric Allison. Eric Allison was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Vilhelm Alkvist took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eric Allison. Eric Allison dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-7. After the first half SE7EN were leading 0-7. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Benjamin Welch made the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the game, SE7EN's Ulrik Holmberg nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Eric Allison made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-8. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Vilhelm Alkvist in the 55th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eric Allison prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Rob Joynes hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Beech United's Eric Allison proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save Beech United from getting a goal against them. Eric Allison made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emanuel Söderquist in the 62nd minute of play. Eric Allison made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jan Alefors in the 64th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emanuel Söderquist in the 65th minute of play forced Beech United's goalkeeper Eric Allison to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Vilhelm Alkvist kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Eric Allison. That made the score 0-9 in the 66 minute of play. Vilhelm Alkvist hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Eric Allison was a little too slow when Jan Alefors got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 72nd minute. The score was now 0-10. Jan Alefors received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Eric Allison came out and tried to block the shot, but Jan Alefors slotted it home off the left post making it 0-11 in the 74th minute. 81 minutes into the match, Beech United's goal looked a bit too open when Jan Alefors came free, but Eric Allison reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eric Allison made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Ulrik Holmberg sent off a good shot on target. In the 85th minute Jan Alefors shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eric Allison saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eric Allison was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ulrik Holmberg showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-12 in the 86 minute of play. 90 minutes into the match, Ulrik Holmberg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Eric Allison. Beech United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ulrik Holmberg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-13. Vilhelm Alkvist sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.