Challenge

Independence Park
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Finlay Stair started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Romon Oliver was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Jamaica's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave CRUSADERS the free kick. After a rather tough play, Jamaica's Romon Oliver got a free kick in the 3rd minute. The audience was convinced that Eddie Vallgren's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Demonde Jacobson was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. 10 minutes into the match, Jamaica's goal looked a bit too open when Eddie Vallgren came free, but Demonde Jacobson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Karlus Waugh sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 17th minute of the match Emil Berggren sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Demonde Jacobson skillfully saved the ball. The audience was convinced that Emil Berggren's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Demonde Jacobson was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. Demonde Jacobson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emil Berggren in the 21st minute of the match. After 24 played minutes Jamaica got a freekick which was hit by Jamaall Padmore. Jarell Hill could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Olov Stenström made a huge save. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, Finlay Stair managed to get in a good position for a shot. Jamaica's supporters rose to their feet, but Finlay Stair was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Olov Stenström breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Finlay Stair got free with Olov Stenström in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 44 minutes, Bror Holm mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CRUSADERS and the Jamaica players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to CRUSADERS getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Bror Holm hit a great ball. Olov Stenström was out of position in the 46 minute of play, and Finlay Stair capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Finlay Stair really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. 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 hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Eddie Vallgren to strike the kick off in the second half. A collision led to CRUSADERS getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Per Löfgren hit a great ball. Demonde Jacobson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bror Holm in the 58th minute. In the 63rd minute Finlay Stair shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Olov Stenström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Jamaica's Demonde Jacobson got control of the ball when Eddie Vallgren tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emil Berggren in the 66th minute of play forced Jamaica's goalkeeper Demonde Jacobson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 69 minutes into the match, Jamaica's goalkeeper Demonde Jacobson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bror Holm. Eddie Vallgren scored 1-1 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Demonde Jacobson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 73rd match minute, Jamaica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jamaall Padmore to maneuver through the defense. In the 74th minute, Marko Malmberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marko Malmberg lost his temper 77 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 76 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for CRUSADERS! Bror Holm recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 81st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 85 played minutes Jamaica got a freekick which was hit by Romon Oliver. Eddie Vallgren hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. After 89 minutes, Wayan Freeman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Jamaica and the CRUSADERS players grew even worse after the yellow card. Olov Stenström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Finlay Stair, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.