Friendly League

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Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) 3 minutes into the game, Mauro Otsoa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Roman Matai was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Roman Matai showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruno Giordani in the 6th minute of the match. Roman Matai showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruno Giordani in the 6th minute of the match. After 7 played minutes Vänge IF got a freekick which was hit by Axel Aronsson. Mauro Otsoa might have been able to make a better finish in the 8th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Roman Matai. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mauro Otsoa ran back to his position shaking his head. Roman Matai made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Mauro Otsoa sent off a good shot on target. STAL ST WOLA's Roman Matai played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mauro Otsoa in the 17th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zygmunt Bielejewski in the 22nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ciriaco Hernando saved Vänge IF from getting behind. The long shot by Rune Aspengren in the 24th minute really tested Roman Matai's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. 26 minutes into the match, Artaç Hendekli had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ciriaco Hernando. Vänge IF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Artaç Hendekli was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. The audience was convinced that Gustaw Bendyk's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ciriaco Hernando was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. Ciriaco Hernando showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michel Batistuta, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Roman Matai made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Giordani in the 36th minute of play. Artaç Hendekli scored 1-2 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ciriaco Hernando, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Michel Batistuta in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ciriaco Hernando saved Vänge IF from getting behind. The Vänge IF players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. STAL ST WOLA were winning 1-2.

Vänge IF's Zoltán Tálas was substituted for Rune Aspengren. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Michel Batistuta stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Roman Matai showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Markus Albäck in the 54th minute of the match. In the 59th minute Bruno Giordani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roman Matai saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 59th match minute, Vänge IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ernani Vargas to maneuver through the defense. In the 61st minute, Danilo Markel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, STAL ST WOLA's Damian Hodas got a free kick in the 64th minute. After 66 minutes, Geva Lia mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Vänge IF and the STAL ST WOLA players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 66th minute, Geva Lia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Vänge IF's Ciriaco Hernando got control of the ball when Gustaw Bendyk tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some careless play in the STAL ST WOLA defense, Markus Albäck kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Roman Matai. The STAL ST WOLA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Roman Matai should have stopped the shot. Vänge IF's Axel Aronsson quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Damian Hodas, made in the 76th minute of the game. In the 78thth minute of the game Bruno Giordani who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but STAL ST WOLA's Roman Matai was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ciriaco Hernando took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Boleslaw Nakoneczny, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to STAL ST WOLA getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Çağlar Soyuncu hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, STAL ST WOLA's Çağlar Soyuncu got a free kick in the 86th minute. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind STAL ST WOLA's goalkeeper Roman Matai, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 89 minutes had been played when some careless play by STAL ST WOLA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Östen Olsson was slow to take the kick. During this time Vänge IF's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Östen Olsson got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Roman Matai quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Vänge IF's defense didn't have a chance, in the 91st minute, when Michel Batistuta scored to the left of an out of position Ciriaco Hernando, making the score, 2-3. The crowd rose to their feet as STAL ST WOLA's Boleslaw Nakoneczny slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ciriaco Hernando. That made the score 2-4 after 97 minutes of play. STAL ST WOLA's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.