Friendly League

The Clapham Oval
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Clapham Rovers's Ennio Orsini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jose Indalecio in the 3rd minute of play. Cléberson Mendonça received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Marcus Ekrot came out and tried to block the shot, but Cléberson Mendonça slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 4th minute. 8 minutes into the game, João Francisco Toscano cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Marcus Ekrot was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Vykans Vikingar's Bengt-Arne Haglund was substituted for Börje Stål. Ennio Orsini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bengt-Arne Haglund, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Ennio Orsini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bengt-Arne Haglund, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. With a little luck, Vykans Vikingar's Marcus Ekrot got control of the ball when Cléberson Mendonça tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Abdi Revis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ennio Orsini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martin Mutumba in the 36th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cléberson Mendonça stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bengt-Arne Haglund in the 51st minute of play forced Clapham Rovers's goalkeeper Ennio Orsini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 53 minutes, Bengt-Arne Haglund managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Vykans Vikingar's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bengt-Arne Haglund was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the match had gone on for 56 minutes, Bengt-Arne Haglund put it in 2-2 from a short distance just to the right of Ennio Orsini. Vykans Vikingar's Tage Glanselius was substituted for Hugo Eden. Ennio Orsini was out of position in the 61 minute of play, and Bengt-Arne Haglund capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Bengt-Arne Haglund really showed his touch with that goal: 2-3. Ennio Orsini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bengt-Arne Haglund in the 67th minute of play. Bengt-Arne Haglund didn't have the luck on his side when he, from a short distance, got a opportunity for a shot on goal in the 67th minute. The shot missed the goal on the right side and Bengt-Arne Haglund ran dejectedly back to his position. Ennio Orsini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bengt-Arne Haglund in the 71st minute of play. Marcus Ekrot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cléberson Mendonça in the 72nd minute of play. Vykans Vikingar were awarded a corner in the 76th minute after Clapham Rovers's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jose Indalecio took the corner. Abdi Revis made a great header on Vykans Vikingar's corner, it was just that Clapham Rovers's Ennio Orsini managed to reach the ball for a save. 79 minutes into the match, Clapham Rovers's goal looked a bit too open when Christoffer Johansson came free, but Ennio Orsini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vykans Vikingar's Bengt-Arne Haglund got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Clapham Rovers made a substitution. Damien Quinn replaced Alex Gibson. In the 84th minute, Simon Brolin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. João Francisco Toscano kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match.