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Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Manoel dos Santos kicked off to start the match. Carlinhos Batata showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olov Johnsson in the 3rd minute of the match. After some careless play in the Operário Futebol Clube defense, Olov Johnsson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Carlinhos Batata. The Operário Futebol Clube fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Carlinhos Batata should have stopped the shot. In the 18th minute, Olov Johnsson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The VBL Stockholm fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. 23 minutes into the match, Olov Johnsson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Carlinhos Batata. Operário Futebol Clube's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Olov Johnsson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olov Johnsson in the 29th minute of play forced Operário Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Carlinhos Batata to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Carl-Chester Vallgren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from İrfan Ilgıt in the 30th minute of play. VBL Stockholm were awarded a corner in the 35th minute after Operário Futebol Clube's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Alfie Solomon took the corner. In the 40th minute Olov Johnsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlinhos Batata saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 46 minutes into the match, VBL Stockholm's goalkeeper Carl-Chester Vallgren had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Reis Birsel. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Olov Johnsson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Carlinhos Batata didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Olov Johnsson went, in the 51st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. When VBL Stockholm's Olov Johnsson in the 56th minute got a chance for a shot 56th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Operário Futebol Clube's goalie prevented a goal. VBL Stockholm were awarded a corner in the 58th minute after Operário Futebol Clube's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Alfie Solomon took the corner. Carlinhos Batata took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olov Johnsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Olov Johnsson's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Carlinhos Batata read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 63rd minute of play. In the 65th minute VBL Stockholm were awarded a corner. Alfie Solomon went to the cornerflag to take it. The audience was convinced that Olov Johnsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Carlinhos Batata was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. 69 minutes had been played when some careless play by Operário Futebol Clube's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alfie Solomon was slow to take the kick. During this time VBL Stockholm's players had a chance to rest. The corner led VBL Stockholm's Alfie Solomon to fire away a dangerous shot which Carlinhos Batata despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 85th minute Manoel dos Santos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carl-Chester Vallgren saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 88th minute, Olov Johnsson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Carlinhos Batata was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-7. Alberto Ihintza charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alberto Ihintza the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, VBL Stockholm's Alberto Ihintza got a free kick in the 93rd minute. After 95 played minutes VBL Stockholm got a freekick which was hit by Sven-Edvin Åström. Carl-Chester Vallgren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reis Birsel in the 96th minute of play. Operário Futebol Clube's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Pan Nan Yuan in the 97th minute. Valentin Holmstedt thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Carl-Chester Vallgren, a very annoying self made goal in the 97th minute which led to 1-7. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. VBL Stockholm walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.