Friendly League

Surahammar
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Victor Santxol took the kick off in the first half of the match. 5 minutes into the match, Samurai's goal looked a bit too open when Victor Santxol came free, but Vince Di Cola reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Victor Santxol could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Vince Di Cola made a huge save. When the match clock showed 11 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Victor Santxol sped through Samurai's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Vince Di Cola. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Victor Santxol in the 14th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Vince Di Cola prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Surahammar's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Victor Santxol in the 16th minute. In the 19th minute Allan Bivall shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jan Lindström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 25 minutes into the match, Samurai's goalkeeper Vince Di Cola had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Victor Santxol. 29 minutes into the match, Samurai's goal looked a bit too open when Victor Santxol came free, but Vince Di Cola reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 30 minutes had been played when some careless play by Samurai's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Victor Santxol was slow to take the kick. During this time Surahammar's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Victor Santxol got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Vince Di Cola quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 30 minutes into the match, Virgil Van Dijk had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vince Di Cola. Samurai's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Virgil Van Dijk was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. 33 minutes into the game, Billy Fristedt threw the ball into play from the sideline. Samurai's Esbjörn Hultstrand quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Jan Lindström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Allan Bivall, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Markus Wallman during the 40th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 40th match minute, Surahammar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Markus Wallman to maneuver through the defense. Victor Santxol could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 43rd minute of the match, but Vince Di Cola made a huge save. Vince Di Cola made an important save on a dangerous shot by Victor Santxol in the 46th minute. Morgan Vassenius's late challenge caught a Surahammar's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Morgan Vassenius helped the player get up and apologised. In the 47th minute, Morgan Vassenius hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The audience was convinced that Wu Qi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jan Lindström was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. Vince Di Cola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Radamel Oakley, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. In the 66thth minute of the game Victor Santxol who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Samurai's Vince Di Cola was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 68 minutes into the match, Surahammar's goalkeeper Jan Lindström had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Wu Qi. Morgan Vassenius kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. Surahammar's André Pettersson was substituted for Victor Santxol. A collision led to Samurai getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Morgan Vassenius hit a great ball. Rutger Vallander kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. Xiao Yan Jian took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 79th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Vince Di Cola. Samurai's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Radamel Oakley took the ball and in the 80 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vince Di Cola. Vince Di Cola dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Billy Fristedt made in the 83rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Samurai's Esbjörn Hultstrand. Vince Di Cola took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from André Pettersson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 92nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Samurai's goalkeeper Vince Di Cola, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 94 minutes into the match, Samurai's goal looked a bit too open when Radamel Oakley came free, but Vince Di Cola reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Samurai's Vince Di Cola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Radamel Oakley in the 96th minute of play. Surahammar were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Samurai for a fine match.