League Play-Off

Portland Park
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Roland Bræstrup started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the game, Seventh Stranger's Roland Bræstrup nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Eyvind Rohr made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Per Tværbæk kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Richard Sefeld scored 1-1 in the 10th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sigfred Glindal, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Roland Bræstrup received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Eyvind Rohr came out and tried to block the shot, but Roland Bræstrup slotted it home off the left post making it 2-1 in the 15th minute. After 18 minutes, Marcus Møllers mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Curling and the Seventh Stranger players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 18th match minute, FC Curling was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcus Møllers to maneuver through the defense. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Curling's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Japke de Boer was slow to take the kick. During this time Seventh Stranger's players had a chance to rest. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Per Tværbæk advanced and headed the ball into goal, 3-1 in the 20th minute. Roland Bræstrup might have been able to make a better finish in the 23rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Eyvind Rohr. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Roland Bræstrup ran back to his position shaking his head. After a defensive mix-up in FC Curling's zone, Roland Bræstrup stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eyvind Rohr came out of the goal and Roland Bræstrup tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. FC Curling's Eyvind Rohr played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roland Bræstrup in the 26th minute of play. After 26 minutes of play, Seventh Stranger's Roland Bræstrup made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eyvind Rohr was left in no man's land by his defense there! 29 minutes into the game, Roland Bræstrup recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Eyvind Rohr. Roland Bræstrup showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 5-1. In the 32nd minute, Wang Hao Zheng got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 34th minute, Roland Bræstrup fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. 41 minutes into the match, Roland Bræstrup had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Eyvind Rohr. FC Curling's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Roland Bræstrup was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bengt Andreil made a kick off. In the 52nd minute Micky Spalk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sigfred Glindal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match clock showed 56 minutes, the score became 8-1 when Roland Bræstrup sped through FC Curling's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Eyvind Rohr. The Seventh Stranger fans' excitement grew in the 58th match minute when Seventh Stranger's Roland Bræstrup looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 9-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Japke de Boer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eyvind Rohr having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Roland Bræstrup in the 67th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eyvind Rohr prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 68 minutes into the match, FC Curling's goal looked a bit too open when Roland Bræstrup came free, but Eyvind Rohr reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eyvind Rohr showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roland Bræstrup, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. 75 minutes into the match, Seventh Stranger's Roland Bræstrup sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Eyvind Rohr narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 76th minute Roland Bræstrup shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eyvind Rohr saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nikolas Lehbert made in the 80th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Ejvind Emb however managed to control. Eyvind Rohr came out of the goal in the 81st minute to try and stop a shot by Seventh Stranger's Roland Bræstrup. But to his dismay, Roland Bræstrup quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 11-1. After some careless play in the FC Curling defense, Japke de Boer kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eyvind Rohr. The FC Curling fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eyvind Rohr should have stopped the shot. 89 minutes into the game, Seventh Stranger's Japke de Boer nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Eyvind Rohr made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 13-1. Seventh Stranger's Per Tværbæk pulled a muscle in his leg after 93 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Ali Bryner charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ali Bryner the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 95th match minute, FC Curling was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ali Bryner to maneuver through the defense. 95 minutes into the match, Seventh Stranger's Japke de Boer broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Seventh Stranger walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.