Friendly League

Ekebyvallen
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Sindre Walle started the match with the kick off. Lars-Erik Forsberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jeppe Tverskov, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Lars-Erik Forsberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jeppe Tverskov, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. In the 5th match minute, FC Nordsjælland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andreas Schjelderup to maneuver through the defense. Kent Bäcklin kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimitar Berbatov in the 12th minute of play forced Bloodthirsty FC's goalkeeper Lars-Erik Forsberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lars-Erik Forsberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sindre Walle, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Svensson in the 19th minute of play forced Bloodthirsty FC's goalkeeper Lars-Erik Forsberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 23 minutes into the match, Bloodthirsty FC's goal looked a bit too open when Dimitar Berbatov came free, but Lars-Erik Forsberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lars-Erik Forsberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dimitar Berbatov in the 23rd minute of play. Lars-Erik Forsberg didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dimitar Berbatov went, in the 25th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. If Sten Hernström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 31st minute Benjamin Nygren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lars-Erik Forsberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Anders Njurenius kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimitar Berbatov in the 35th minute of play forced Bloodthirsty FC's goalkeeper Lars-Erik Forsberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 37th minute Dimitar Berbatov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lars-Erik Forsberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tomas Siggman hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Bloodthirsty FC's Lars-Erik Forsberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dimitar Berbatov in the 40th minute of play. 41 minutes into the match, Bloodthirsty FC's goal looked a bit too open when Benjamin Nygren came free, but Lars-Erik Forsberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gösta Pihlblad was the one to do the kick off. Henning Sæmer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sten Hernström in the 51st minute of play. In the 52nd match minute, FC Nordsjælland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jeppe Tverskov to maneuver through the defense. Vilgot Lundhberg's late challenge caught a FC Nordsjælland's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vilgot Lundhberg helped the player get up and apologised. Bloodthirsty FC's Lars-Erik Forsberg proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save Bloodthirsty FC from getting a goal against them. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Benjamin Nygren took a quick shot and it went in 0-3 without a chance for Lars-Erik Forsberg to make any attempt to save it. In the 62nd minute, Jeppe Tverskov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Bloodthirsty FC's Sten Hernström got a free kick in the 66th minute. If Kent Bäcklin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sten Hernström hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. Lars-Erik Forsberg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dimitar Berbatov in the 72nd minute. Lars-Erik Forsberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benjamin Nygren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 80th minute, FC Nordsjælland's Benjamin Nygren dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-5. Bo-Erik Mossberg hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. Bloodthirsty FC's Bengt-Arne Svanberg was substituted for Olov Hellström. Lars-Erik Forsberg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Svensson in the 87th minute. After 88 played minutes Bloodthirsty FC got a freekick which was hit by Gösta Pihlblad. 92 minutes into the match, Andreas Schjelderup had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lars-Erik Forsberg. Bloodthirsty FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Andreas Schjelderup was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. When the match was over FC Nordsjælland could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Bloodthirsty FC throughout the match.