Friendly League

Bet365 Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Luca Langoni kicked off to start the match. The Potters's Wladimir Vinthen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonas Forsberg in the 4th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nils-Åke Gunnarsson in the 10th minute of play forced The Potters's goalkeeper Wladimir Vinthen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 12 minutes into the game, Ingvar Ostersen was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. The Potters's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Aston Villa FC the free kick. Ingvar Ostersen kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. In the 14th minute, Merrill Pryor left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Aston Villa FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Wladimir Vinthen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Merrill Pryor in the 18th minute of the match. In the 22nd minute Aston Villa FC were awarded a corner. Joel Strömberg went to the cornerflag to take it. Aston Villa FC's Joel Strömberg was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Wladimir Vinthen in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Wladimir Vinthen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Merrill Pryor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Wladimir Vinthen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nils-Åke Gunnarsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Wladimir Vinthen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tim Lund in the 30th minute of the match. Nils-Åke Gunnarsson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 31st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With a little luck, Aston Villa FC's Filiph Hägg got control of the ball when Bertel Methling tried to sneak it across the goal line. With his leg Filiph Hägg managed to avoid a goal in the 38thth minute, when The Potters's Luca Langoni fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Aston Villa FC's Filiph Hägg proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to save Aston Villa FC from getting a goal against them. The The Potters players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Aston Villa FC were winning 0-1.

In the 51st minute Luca Langoni shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Filiph Hägg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Wladimir Vinthen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Merrill Pryor in the 53rd minute of the match. Wladimir Vinthen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Merrill Pryor, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. The Potters made a substitution. Erdiano Peñuñuri replaced Tommy Rueløkke. In the 64th minute of the match Aston Villa FC got a corner. The Potters's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joel Strömberg ran over to the corner to take the kick. 67 minutes into the match, Franck Parfelt notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Aston Villa FC's Filiph Hägg. Filiph Hägg was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Langoni in the 73rd minute of play forced Aston Villa FC's goalkeeper Filiph Hägg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Filiph Hägg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luca Langoni, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. After having played for 85 minutes, Nils-Åke Gunnarsson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Aston Villa FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nils-Åke Gunnarsson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 88th match minute, Aston Villa FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Torgny Strömberg to maneuver through the defense. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Torgny Strömberg during the 93rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Aston Villa FC:s Filiph Hägg showed great skill when he stopped Luca Langoni:s penalty. The Aston Villa FC players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented The Potters from taking control. The game ends in a draw.