Friendly League

Devils Playground
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lalo Buenaga took the kick off in the first half of the match. The supporters of AFC United booed when Zero Hedge was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arman Sjögren didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jens-Ola Löv showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Donato Covillas, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. In the 7th minute Gabriel Odeen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Torrens saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Zero Hedge's Lukas Kråk got a free kick in the 8th minute. A collision led to Zero Hedge getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Freddie Lindholm hit a great ball. Arman Sjögren hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. After 39 minutes of play Zero Hedge's Freddie Lindholm was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. With 43 minutes on the clock, Arman Sjögren commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. A collision led to Zero Hedge getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Arman Sjögren hit a great ball. In the 45th minute Anxo Labrada shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jens-Ola Löv saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lalo Buenaga hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. The Zero Hedge players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. AFC United were winning 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Lukas Kråk to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Lisandro Barrio ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jens-Ola Löv was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. 55 minutes into the match, Lisandro Barrio had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jens-Ola Löv. Zero Hedge's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lisandro Barrio was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. 59 minutes into the match, Zero Hedge's goalkeeper Jens-Ola Löv had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lisandro Barrio. Donato Covillas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 61st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the match had gone on for 65 minutes, Donato Covillas took a quick shot and it went in 0-4 without a chance for Jens-Ola Löv to make any attempt to save it. After 67 played minutes AFC United got a freekick which was hit by Donato Covillas. The supporters of Zero Hedge booed when AFC United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gilen Tejada didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lalo Buenaga in the 71st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jens-Ola Löv saved Zero Hedge from getting behind. Lisandro Barrio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Through an outstanding action, after 77 minutes, Jens-Ola Löv successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 78th minute, Donato Covillas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jens-Ola Löv came out of the goal in the 88th minute to try and stop a shot by AFC United's Lalo Buenaga. But to his dismay, Lalo Buenaga quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Lalo Buenaga managed to get in a good position for a shot. AFC United's supporters rose to their feet, but Lalo Buenaga was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jens-Ola Löv breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 96 minutes into the match, Zero Hedge's goal looked a bit too open when Lalo Buenaga came free, but Jens-Ola Löv reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Zero Hedge fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. AFC United were clearly better and deserved to take the win.