Friendly League

Diamonds Center
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Hudiksvalls United's Ingvar Hökkvist started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 3rd minute, Sebastian Christoffersson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ströms Diamonds's Arne Magnusson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ingvar Hökkvist in the 10th minute of play. When Wictor Kielstedt fell near the penalty area in the 11th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ströms Diamonds's protests and gave Wictor Kielstedt a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Ströms Diamonds getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Wictor Kielstedt hit a great ball. Kenny Lagerberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Jonny Almqvist tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Arne Almstedt during the 17th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Hudiksvalls United getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Arne Almstedt hit a great ball. Jonny Almqvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oscar Igelström, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. An unexpected shot in the 22nd minute by Aaron Zander got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. After 24 minutes, Rikard Stenquist mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Hudiksvalls United and the Ströms Diamonds players grew even worse after the yellow card. Oscar Igelström in the 25thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Jonny Almqvist, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 26th minute, Oscar Igelström reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jonny Almqvist. The goal made the score 2-0. When the match had gone on for 30 minutes, Aaron Zander took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Jonny Almqvist to make any attempt to save it. In the 36th minute, Oscar Igelström 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 37th minute, Herman Lindberg 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. 39 minutes into the match, Aaron Zander had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jonny Almqvist. Hudiksvalls United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aaron Zander was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. With his leg Jonny Almqvist managed to avoid a goal in the 42ndth minute, when Ströms Diamonds's Oscar Igelström fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A hard shot 43 in the game by Oscar Igelström from a close distance when the talented Jonny Almqvist managed to make a qualified save. Hudiksvalls United's players were relieved. Ströms Diamonds's Arne Magnusson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sebastian Christoffersson in the 45th minute of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Oscar Igelström stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Oscar Igelström fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonny Almqvist having to interfere. Ingvar Hökkvist received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Arne Magnusson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Oscar Igelström's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonny Almqvist was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. Rikard Stenquist hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. In the 67th minute, Oscar Igelström left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ströms Diamonds fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. Oscar Igelström sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match clock showed 74 minutes, the score became 7-0 when Oscar Igelström sped through Hudiksvalls United's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jonny Almqvist. The audience was convinced that Oscar Igelström's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonny Almqvist was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. Aaron Zander fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonny Almqvist having to interfere. Rikard Stenquist was shown his second yellow card after 82 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. A collision led to Hudiksvalls United getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Rikard Stenquist hit a great ball. 86 minutes into the match, Aaron Zander notched a goal, 8-0, to the right of Hudiksvalls United's Jonny Almqvist. Jonny Almqvist was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 90thth minute of the game Oscar Igelström who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Hudiksvalls United's Jonny Almqvist was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ingvar Hökkvist's late challenge caught a Ströms Diamonds's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ingvar Hökkvist helped the player get up and apologised. In the 91st match minute, Hudiksvalls United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ingvar Hökkvist to maneuver through the defense. When Oscar Igelström came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the Ströms Diamonds 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 Oscar Igelström couldn't finish the play. Ströms Diamonds were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Hudiksvalls United for a fine match.