Friendly League

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Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Kronan's Vilhelm Brander played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stuart Brayson in the 3rd minute of play. Vilhelm Brander took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stuart Brayson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Stuart Brayson got free in front of the goal in the 6th minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Vilhelm Brander was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Vilhelm Brander took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lawrence Carroll, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jez Mabbutt fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vilhelm Brander having to interfere. In the 10th play minute Nils Mikaelsson came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Ed Ingram. 1-0. In the 17th minute, Per-Åke Galle reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ed Ingram. The goal made the score 3-0. Ed Ingram showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nils Mikaelsson in the 20th minute of the match. Lawrence Carroll received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Vilhelm Brander tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vilhelm Brander took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jez Mabbutt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 33rd minute Jez Mabbutt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vilhelm Brander saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ed Ingram showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nils Mikaelsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. In the 37th minute, Nils Mikaelsson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Kronan fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nils Mikaelsson in the 44th minute of play forced Gone With the Win's goalkeeper Ed Ingram to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 47th minute of the match Michael Skoog shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ed Ingram showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 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.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nils Mikaelsson was the one to do the kick off. The audience was convinced that Nils Mikaelsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ed Ingram was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. In the 55th minute, Ragnar Fridlund ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ed Ingram was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. Kronan's Patrik Arhenius was substituted for Magnus Strömbom. Jez Mabbutt kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. Ed Ingram made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Per-Åke Galle in the 67th minute of play. In the 71st minute, Nils Mikaelsson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ed Ingram was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. In the 79th minute, Michael Skoog ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ed Ingram was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-0. 83 minutes into the match, Kronan's goal looked a bit too open when Jez Mabbutt came free, but Vilhelm Brander reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Kronan booed when Gone With the Win was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marek Kirk didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alfons Sjöberg made in the 93rd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Herbert Kjellkvist however managed to control. After 95 minutes of play, Kronan's Vincent Bjurström made it 9-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ed Ingram was left in no man's land by his defense there! There was no doubt that Kronan were the better team. Kronan's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.