Friendly League

Rauakyrve Staadion
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Michel Legdeur took the kick off in the first half of the match. Armageddon's Marko Ööpik played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kim Lekberg in the 4th minute of play. After 9 minutes of play, Armageddon's Olaf Kööp made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bengt-Arne Askstedt was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 13th minute Kim Lekberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marko Ööpik saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pavel Nurme made in the 16th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Qian Jie Yuan. When the match had gone on for 17 minutes, Olaf Kööp took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Bengt-Arne Askstedt to make any attempt to save it. Bengt-Arne Askstedt stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Michel Legdeur's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. After 23 minutes of play, Savage Hippo's Kim Lekberg made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marko Ööpik was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some careless play in the Armageddon defense, Kim Lekberg kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marko Ööpik. The Armageddon fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marko Ööpik should have stopped the shot. Savage Hippo's Bengt-Arne Askstedt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Olaf Kööp in the 31st minute of play. Marko Ööpik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kim Lekberg in the 34th minute of play. Savage Hippo's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Eddie Bjurström in the 36th minute. Armageddon's Marko Ööpik played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vilmantas Magdišauskas in the 40th minute of play. Bengt-Arne Askstedt made a fantastic save in the 45th minute, when Michel Legdeur sent off a good shot on target. Saulius Pilipavičius kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Olaf Kööp kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Bengt-Arne Askstedt. That made the score 3-2 in the 47 minute of play. Armageddon made a substitution. Giancarlo Antognoni replaced Adolf Kadastik. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Kim Lekberg stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Bengt-Arne Askstedt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michel Legdeur, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Vilmantas Magdišauskas's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 56thth minute, Marko Ööpik skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The audience was convinced that Kim Lekberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marko Ööpik was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. Bengt-Arne Askstedt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olaf Kööp in the 64th minute of play. Bengt-Arne Askstedt didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Olaf Kööp went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-2 was the resulting score. Bengt-Arne Askstedt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michel Legdeur in the 75th minute of the match. In the 76th minute Olaf Kööp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bengt-Arne Askstedt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kim Lekberg got free with Marko Ööpik in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 82nd minute Savage Hippo were awarded a corner. Eddie Bjurström went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Savage Hippo's corner Eddie Bjurström fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marko Ööpik quite easily take care of the ball. In the 84th match minute, Savage Hippo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Saulius Pilipavičius to maneuver through the defense. After 85 played minutes, Armageddon's Qian Jie Yuan shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Bengt-Arne Askstedt came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Armageddon reached it. In the 90th minute, Michel Legdeur made a precise shot to the right of Bengt-Arne Askstedt. Savage Hippo's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-2. When Michel Legdeur came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the Armageddon fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Michel Legdeur couldn't finish the play. Marko Ööpik made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kim Lekberg in the 95th minute. In the 96th minute Savage Hippo were awarded a corner. Eddie Bjurström went to the cornerflag to take it.