Official Cup

F.C. TIGER
Spectators: 167 (Terracing: 126, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Stefan Flanz made the kick off which started today's match. Julius Hoffmann showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mark Hermansson in the 3rd minute of the match. In the 4th minute, Christian Ekström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Stefan Flanz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 6th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Swindon Sweden FF's Dimitar Tananaev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stefan Flanz in the 12th minute of play. Jimmy Thelin hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. The referee felt a red card was in order, 18 minutes into the game, when Thomas Richters put in a rough tackle. In a very dangerous position, a player in TIGER fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 18th minute. Penalty! In the 20th minute there was a penalty for Swindon Sweden FF. Mark Hermansson stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Julius Hoffmann. 0-1. After 24 minutes of play, Swindon Sweden FF's Stefan Schwartz made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Julius Hoffmann was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 32nd minute Mark Hermansson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julius Hoffmann saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Swindon Sweden FF's Mark Hermansson in the 37th minute got a chance for a shot 37th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye TIGER's goalie prevented a goal. Dimitar Tananaev made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Steffen-Julian Katzer sent off a good shot on target. TIGER's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tim Bansemir in the 41st minute. A hard shot 42 in the game by Tim Bansemir from a close distance when the talented Dimitar Tananaev managed to make a qualified save. Swindon Sweden FF's players were relieved. If Steffen-Julian Katzer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dennis Schulz blasted a shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dimitar Tananaev having to make a save. After the first half Swindon Sweden FF were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mark Hermansson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Mark Hermansson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd rose to their feet as Swindon Sweden FF's Stefan Schwartz slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Julius Hoffmann. That made the score 0-3 after 56 minutes of play. When Stefan Flanz fell near the penalty area in the 63rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored TIGER's protests and gave Stefan Flanz a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, TIGER's Stefan Flanz got a free kick in the 63rd minute. Julius Hoffmann didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Swindon Sweden FF's Stefan Schwartz shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-4 in the ordered_time% minute. TIGER's Julius Hoffmann played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mark Hermansson in the 71st minute of play. Björn Giesen kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. In the 83rdth minute of the game Mark Hermansson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but TIGER's Julius Hoffmann was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After having played for 84 minutes, Dennis Schulz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. TIGER's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dennis Schulz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Dennis Schulz in the 86th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dimitar Tananaev prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Mark Hermansson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Dennis Schulz came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the TIGER 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 Dennis Schulz couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Mark Hermansson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julius Hoffmann was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. Dimitar Tananaev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dennis Schulz in the 94th minute of the match. Dimitar Tananaev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Steffen-Julian Katzer in the 96th minute of play. After 96 played minutes Swindon Sweden FF got a freekick which was hit by Åke Rydelius.