Friendly League

Arena espartana
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Bror Andreasson kicked off to start the match. Luizinho Arce fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arman Lundström having to interfere. After a rather tough play, StraX Xenon FC's Bror Andreasson got a free kick in the 7th minute. In the 10th minute, Herman Ahlström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With his leg Arman Lundström managed to avoid a goal in the 11thth minute, when Cremonese FC's Marcus Batista fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a rather tough play, Cremonese FC's Marcus Batista got a free kick in the 21st minute. Kong Gang Zhan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Herman Ahlström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 26 minutes, Emanuel Jurgi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cremonese FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Emanuel Jurgi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Arman Lundström stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marcus Batista's shot from short distance in the 28th minute. In the 32nd minute, Gustav Alstedt got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Emanuel Jurgi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Arman Lundström read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 34th minute of play. 35 minutes into the game, Emanuel Jurgi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Arman Lundström was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 45 minutes, Bror Andreasson made it 1-2 with a short kick to the right side. Cremonese FC's Kong Gang Zhan tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Marcus Batista to strike the kick off in the second half. Arman Lundström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luizinho Arce in the 51st minute of the match. Kong Gang Zhan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Herman Ahlström in the 62nd minute of the match. Gustav Alstedt took the ball and in the 64 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Kong Gang Zhan. Kong Gang Zhan dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. With his leg Kong Gang Zhan managed to avoid a goal in the 79thth minute, when StraX Xenon FC's Gustav Alstedt fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Sven-Edvin Karlsson's late challenge caught a Cremonese FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sven-Edvin Karlsson helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Cremonese FC booed when StraX Xenon FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sven-Edvin Karlsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Herman Ahlström in the 84th minute of play forced Cremonese FC's goalkeeper Kong Gang Zhan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Cremonese FC's Felipe Branco got a free kick in the 90th minute. 91 minutes into the match, StraX Xenon FC's Sven-Edvin Karlsson broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. The StraX Xenon FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing StraX Xenon FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.