Friendly League

Sven-Göran Eriksson
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Lars Sundström started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 3 minutes into the match, Golden Lions FC's goal looked a bit too open when Fredric Hybbert came free, but Anders Lundqvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Golden Lions FC's Arne Tönnberg got a free kick in the 9th minute. 12 minutes into the match, Cosme Larpe notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of FC Kurdistan's Alaaddin Solskjær. Alaaddin Solskjær was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 15 minutes into the game, FC Kurdistan's Lars Sundström nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Anders Lundqvist made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. After 18 minutes of play, FC Kurdistan's Lars Sundström made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Anders Lundqvist was left in no man's land by his defense there! Erhard Esbo kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Yin Yun Fan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Anders Lundqvist tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 27th minute the ball was on its way in behind Golden Lions FC's goalkeeper Anders Lundqvist, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Alaaddin Solskjær made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Loco Durazno in the 31st minute of play. Alaaddin Solskjær made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Mats Nyström sent off a good shot on target. When Mats Nyström, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 37 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Alaaddin Solskjær was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Alaaddin Solskjær made a fantastic save in the 38th minute, when Mats Nyström sent off a good shot on target. Alaaddin Solskjær showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cosme Larpe, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mats Nyström to strike the kick off in the second half. If Cosme Larpe had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 56th minute, Lars Sundström left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Kurdistan fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. Anders Lundqvist made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yin Yun Fan in the 61st minute. Anders Lundqvist made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Yin Yun Fan sent off a good shot on target. FC Kurdistan made a substitution. Elliot Nordgren replaced Lars Sundström. FC Kurdistan made a substitution. Jörgen Levander replaced Ubaldo Ritchie. After 64 minutes Golden Lions FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Carlos-Alberto Bayona who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Fredric Hybbert got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Anders Lundqvist quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Loco Durazno hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Loco Durazno in the 70th minute of play forced FC Kurdistan's goalkeeper Alaaddin Solskjær to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 75th minute, Elliot Nordgren reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Anders Lundqvist. The goal made the score 1-4. Golden Lions FC made a substitution. Burç Tokhan replaced Loco Durazno. Anders Lundqvist made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fredric Hybbert in the 80th minute. 82 minutes into the match, Elliot Nordgren had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anders Lundqvist. Golden Lions FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Elliot Nordgren was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-5. In the 87th minute of the match Golden Lions FC got a corner. FC Kurdistan's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joakim Haegg ran over to the corner to take the kick. Joakim Haegg made a great header on Golden Lions FC's corner, it was just that FC Kurdistan's Alaaddin Solskjær managed to reach the ball for a save. The crowd rose to their feet as Elliot Nordgren kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Anders Lundqvist. That made the score 1-6 in the 88 minute of play. Carlos-Alberto Bayona made a great header on FC Kurdistan's corner, it was just that Golden Lions FC's Anders Lundqvist managed to reach the ball for a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elliot Nordgren in the 95th minute of play forced Golden Lions FC's goalkeeper Anders Lundqvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alaaddin Solskjær made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Burç Tokhan in the 96th minute of play. FC Kurdistan'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.