Prized/Friendly Cup

Hippo Pool
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Kim Lekberg kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kim Lekberg in the 2nd minute of play forced Harsh Gods's goalkeeper Gersi Snabe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 4th minute of the match Savage Hippo got a corner. Harsh Gods's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Eddie Bjurström ran over to the corner to take the kick. Bengt-Arne Askstedt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xosepin Verdeja, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gersi Snabe made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Kim Lekberg sent off a good shot on target. Savage Hippo were awarded a corner in the 26th minute after Harsh Gods's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Eddie Bjurström took the corner. Bengt-Arne Askstedt didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Harsh Gods's Tomas Lain shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-1 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 31st minute Jogaila Makauskas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bengt-Arne Askstedt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Kim Lekberg kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Gersi Snabe. That made the score 1-1 in the 33 minute of play. Kim Lekberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Gersi Snabe tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 38th minute Tomas Lain shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bengt-Arne Askstedt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Savage Hippo's Saulius Pilipavičius managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Long Zhen Zhi in the 45 minute of the game. 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 Tomas Lain to make the kick off. Gersi Snabe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kim Lekberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 53 minutes of play, Savage Hippo's Kim Lekberg made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gersi Snabe was left in no man's land by his defense there! 57 minutes into the match, Harsh Gods's goal looked a bit too open when Kim Lekberg came free, but Gersi Snabe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kim Lekberg might have been able to make a better finish in the 59th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gersi Snabe. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kim Lekberg ran back to his position shaking his head. Gersi Snabe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kim Lekberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bengt-Arne Askstedt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Lain, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. In the 68th minute Kim Lekberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gersi Snabe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Savage Hippo's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Eddie Bjurström in the 69th minute. Gersi Snabe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kim Lekberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. In the 81st minute Savage Hippo were awarded a corner. Eddie Bjurström went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to Savage Hippo's Kim Lekberg getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Savage Hippo's Bengt-Arne Askstedt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jogaila Makauskas in the 91st minute of play. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Savage Hippo fans cheered their team off the field, for while Harsh Gods had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.