Friendly League

Jetztvernetzt Arena
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Hercules Dommen started the match with the kick off. Gerd Laforge took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olov Askelöf, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gerd Laforge made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anders Bäcklin in the 7th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in AS Rapperswil-Jona's zone, Christer Östensson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gerd Laforge came out of the goal and Christer Östensson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Hercules Dommen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Sven-Edvin Soned tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 15 minutes of play, Loftahammar's Christer Östensson made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gerd Laforge was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 18th minute, Herman Svensson made a precise shot to the right of Gerd Laforge. AS Rapperswil-Jona's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. In the 20th minute, Aurelius Amberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gerd Laforge showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anders Bäcklin, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Gerd Laforge took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anders Bäcklin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gerd Laforge took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olov Askelöf, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 25 minutes of play, Loftahammar's Herman Svensson made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gerd Laforge was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gerd Laforge didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Herman Svensson went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. In the 32nd minute, Aurelius Amberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Celestino Drescher could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Sven-Edvin Soned made a huge save. Sven-Edvin Soned made an important save on a dangerous shot by Celestino Drescher in the 37th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anders Bäcklin in the 40th minute of play forced AS Rapperswil-Jona's goalkeeper Gerd Laforge to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 42 minutes into the match, Anders Bäcklin notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of AS Rapperswil-Jona's Gerd Laforge. Gerd Laforge was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gerd Laforge showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anders Bäcklin, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute. Disappointed in the 0-5 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 Herman Svensson to strike the kick off in the second half. 57 minutes into the match, AS Rapperswil-Jona's goalkeeper Gerd Laforge had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Anders Bäcklin. AS Rapperswil-Jona's Gerd Laforge proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save AS Rapperswil-Jona from getting a goal against them. In the 70th minute, Anders Bäcklin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gerd Laforge was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-7. The supporters of Loftahammar booed when AS Rapperswil-Jona was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aurelius Amberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gerd Laforge made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Olov Askelöf sent off a good shot on target. AS Rapperswil-Jona's defense didn't have a chance, in the 77th minute, when Herman Svensson scored to the left of an out of position Gerd Laforge, making the score, 0-8. After a rather tough play, AS Rapperswil-Jona's Celestino Drescher got a free kick in the 80th minute. In the 83rd minute the ball was on its way in behind AS Rapperswil-Jona's goalkeeper Gerd Laforge, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Henric Bjurström kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Loftahammar's Herman Svensson slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Gerd Laforge. That made the score 0-9 after 90 minutes of play. Hercules Dommen hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Christer Östensson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Gerd Laforge tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The AS Rapperswil-Jona fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Loftahammar were clearly better and deserved to take the win.