Friendly League

The Scrapple Factory
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Slower Lower FC's Seth Yeats 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. Francisco Henderson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edvard Larsson having to interfere. With his leg Edvard Larsson managed to avoid a goal in the 8thth minute, when Slower Lower FC's Seth Yeats fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Douglas Linquist hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Jacob Scruggs had several of the Aero Björndalen's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 17 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Edvard Larsson as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 20th minute, Edvard Bredberg made a precise shot to the right of Ezra Griggs. Slower Lower FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Seth Yeatss short, quick shot in the 25thth minute got Edvard Larsson to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 26th minute, Adalberto Numbers hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 28th minute, Charlie Salkvist left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Aero Björndalen fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. After 31 minutes, Seth Yeats made it 2-2 with a short kick to the right side. Aero Björndalen's Edvard Larsson tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Ezra Griggs stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Charlie Salkvist's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. Francisco Henderson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Edvard Larsson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Seth Yeats's shot from short distance in the 42nd minute. Jacob Scruggs blasted a shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Edvard Larsson having to make a save. In the 45th minute, Seth Yeats ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Edvard Larsson was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-3. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Charlie Salkvist to make the kick off. When Slower Lower FC's Seth Yeats in the 53rd minute got a chance for a shot 53rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Aero Björndalen's goalie prevented a goal. After a defensive mix-up in Aero Björndalen's zone, Jacob Scruggs stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Edvard Larsson came out of the goal and Jacob Scruggs tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Edvard Larsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francisco Henderson in the 61st minute of the match. Ezra Griggs made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edvard Bredberg in the 65th minute. Edvard Larsson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Seth Yeats's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. Edvard Bredberg charged in rather forcefully in the 67th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Edvard Bredberg the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Slower Lower FC's Ezra Griggs proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save Slower Lower FC from getting a goal against them. Edvard Larsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Seth Yeats in the 77th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Charlie Salkvist kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ezra Griggs. That made the score 5-5 in the 78 minute of play. The audience was convinced that Seth Yeats's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Edvard Larsson was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Aero Björndalen's Malcolm Kruuse got a free kick in the 82nd minute. Edvard Larsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Seth Yeats in the 85th minute of play. Edvard Larsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Seth Yeats in the 88th minute of the match. Aero Björndalen's Edvard Larsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jacob Scruggs in the 89th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Aero Björndalen's Sigvard Pååk got a free kick in the 91st minute. Ezra Griggs came out of the goal in the 93rd minute to try and stop a shot by Aero Björndalen's Ulf Stor. But to his dismay, Ulf Stor quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-6. The Aero Björndalen supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Aero Björndalen would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.