Friendly League

Norra Sandby Arena
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Roger Zachrisson took the kick off in the first half of the match. Sigvard Skarkman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aris Chatziaggelis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Notis Valaoras received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Sigvard Skarkman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 9th play minutes Stratos Savouras shot 0-1, a short shot which went by Sigvard Skarkman and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 12th minute, Stratos Savouras ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sigvard Skarkman was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Sigvard Skarkman came out of the goal in the 16th minute to try and stop a shot by Bazellatin F.C.'s Stratos Savouras. But to his dismay, Stratos Savouras quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Sigvard Skarkman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Notis Valaoras, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. 30 minutes into the match, Aris Chatziaggelis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sigvard Skarkman. Norra Sandby FF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aris Chatziaggelis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. Norra Sandby FF's Sigvard Skarkman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dimitris Venetis in the 38th minute of play. In the 40th minute Stratos Savouras shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sigvard Skarkman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Norra Sandby FF defense, Dimitris Venetis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sigvard Skarkman. The Norra Sandby FF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sigvard Skarkman should have stopped the shot. Manos Voutsas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Roger Zachrisson in the 45th minute.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Stratos Savouras made a kick off. Notis Valaoras recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 52nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Through an outstanding action, after 54 minutes, Sigvard Skarkman successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Alexandros Schizas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Sigvard Skarkman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 58 minutes, Notis Valaoras managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bazellatin F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Notis Valaoras was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stratos Savouras in the 60th minute of play forced Norra Sandby FF's goalkeeper Sigvard Skarkman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Norra Sandby FF's zone, Alexandros Schizas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sigvard Skarkman came out of the goal and Alexandros Schizas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Sivert Strömberg kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. After 66 played minutes Stratos Savouras rounded Norra Sandby FF's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-7. 71 minutes into the match, Roger Zachrisson notched a goal, 1-7, to the right of Bazellatin F.C.'s Manos Voutsas. Manos Voutsas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 73 played minutes Bazellatin F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Stratos Savouras. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stratos Savouras in the 79th minute of play forced Norra Sandby FF's goalkeeper Sigvard Skarkman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 83 minutes into the match, Norra Sandby FF's goal looked a bit too open when Stratos Savouras came free, but Sigvard Skarkman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 86th play minute Aris Chatziaggelis came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Sigvard Skarkman. 1-8. Sigvard Skarkman was a little too slow when Stratos Savouras got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 90th minute. The score was now 1-9. When the match was over Bazellatin F.C. could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Norra Sandby FF throughout the match.