Prized/Friendly Cup

Zlatan Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) FC Kurdistan's Lars Sundström 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. Ellis Schenck took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lars Sundström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 12th minute, Lars Sundström ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ellis Schenck was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Erhard Esbo made in the 14th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Zlatan BK's Cesare Maestri. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ubaldo Padro in the 15th minute of play forced FC Kurdistan's goalkeeper Alaaddin Solskjær to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ellis Schenck didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lars Sundström went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Pan Guo Qian's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Alaaddin Solskjær read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 23rd minute of play. In the 24th minute Ubaldo Padro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alaaddin Solskjær saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ellis Schenck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lars Sundström in the 25th minute of play. Lars Sundström scored 0-3 in the 27th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ellis Schenck, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 31st minute of the match Zlatan BK 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. Per Hägglund ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Per Hägglund got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Alaaddin Solskjær quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Alaaddin Solskjær took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ubaldo Padro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Zlatan BK's Ubaldo Padro in the 38th minute got a chance for a shot 38th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Kurdistan's goalie prevented a goal. When Zlatan Back fell near the penalty area in the 43rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Zlatan BK's protests and gave Zlatan Back a yellow card for diving instead. In the 44th minute, Zlatan Back hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lars Sundström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Ellis Schenck tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ubaldo Padro made a kick off. The throw-in from Mariusz Kloczko in the 50th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by FC Kurdistan's Keefer Carragher. The crowd rose to their feet as FC Kurdistan's Lars Sundström slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ellis Schenck. That made the score 0-4 after 56 minutes of play. Zlatan BK's Karl-Oskar Kinnman was substituted for Danell Mackiathan. Ellis Schenck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fredric Hybbert in the 61st minute of play. Alaaddin Solskjær made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karl-Oskar Kinnman in the 64th minute of play. In the 65th minute Karl-Oskar Kinnman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alaaddin Solskjær saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. FC Kurdistan made a substitution. Jörgen Levander replaced Lars Sundström. Carlos-Alberto Bayona got a throw-in 81 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Fredric Hybbert. Jörgen Levander's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ellis Schenck read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 89th minute of play. Manfred Eklund charged in rather forcefully in the 94th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Manfred Eklund the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Manfred Eklund kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. With a little luck, Zlatan BK's Ellis Schenck got control of the ball when Jörgen Levander tried to sneak it across the goal line.

FC Kurdistan played a much better game than Zlatan BK and deserved their victory. The Zlatan BK players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.