Friendly League

Diamonds Center
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Wictor Kielstedt took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 5th minute, Ströms Diamonds's Karl-Åke Hellström seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Karl-Åke Hellström the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Ströms Diamonds protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Karl-Åke Hellström had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 6th match minute, Ströms Diamonds was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Karl-Åke Hellström to maneuver through the defense. In the 7th minute, Waldir Santos sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Ströms Diamonds's Gunnar Engström didn't even have to move. Ströms Diamonds's Gunnar Engström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gualter Secco in the 10th minute of play. 14 minutes into the match, Gualter Secco had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gunnar Engström. Ströms Diamonds's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gualter Secco was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After 22 minutes of play, Raining Blood's Gualter Secco made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gunnar Engström was left in no man's land by his defense there! Rikard Kvalfält kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. In the 28th minute of the match Waldir Santos sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Gunnar Engström skillfully saved the ball. A collision led to Ströms Diamonds getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Wictor Kielstedt hit a great ball. After 33 played minutes, Raining Blood's Waldir Santos shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Gunnar Engström 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 Raining Blood reached it. Gunnar Engström came out of the goal in the 38th minute to try and stop a shot by Raining Blood's Waldir Santos. But to his dismay, Waldir Santos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Raining Blood's Gualter Secco got a good chance for a goal in the 41st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 45th minute, Gualter Secco left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Raining Blood fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gualter Secco was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute, Waldir Santos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Wictor Kielstedt came up free with the goalie in the 53rd 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 Wictor Kielstedt couldn't finish the play. 56 minutes into the match, Ströms Diamonds's goalkeeper Gunnar Engström had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gualter Secco. Raining Blood's Gil Figueiredo was substituted for Luís Eduardo Leão. Jimmy Lindström hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dé Mangueira in the 61st minute of play forced Ströms Diamonds's goalkeeper Gunnar Engström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Ströms Diamonds's Gunnar Engström got control of the ball when Gil Figueiredo tried to sneak it across the goal line. 71 minutes into the match, Ströms Diamonds's goalkeeper Gunnar Engström had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Remo Magalhães. When Gualter Secco came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Raining Blood 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 Gualter Secco couldn't finish the play. After 75 played minutes Ströms Diamonds got a freekick which was hit by Rikard Kvalfält. Ströms Diamonds's Gunnar Engström proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save Ströms Diamonds from getting a goal against them. Gunnar Engström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gil Figueiredo in the 79th minute of the match. Gunnar Engström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Laércio Andrade in the 81st minute of the match. With a little luck, Ströms Diamonds's Gunnar Engström got control of the ball when Gil Figueiredo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jörgen Johnsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Albertinho Mattos having to interfere. 93 minutes into the game, Gil Figueiredo recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Gunnar Engström. Gil Figueiredo showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-7. Raining Blood'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.