Friendly League

EL PASO
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Niklas Björk got the match started through his kick off. Alf Blomberg's late challenge caught a BLACK PANTHER F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alf Blomberg helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of BLACK PANTHER F.C booed when Blågula Fantomer FF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alf Blomberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 9th minute, Niklas Björk ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Apostolos Svirkos was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 13 minutes into the match, Blågula Fantomer FF's goal looked a bit too open when Kleon Kontodimos came free, but Stefan Delin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 14th minute Ivan Hylander collided with an opponent which caused him a fractured collar bone. Christos Spyropoulos charged in rather forcefully in the 14th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Christos Spyropoulos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Blågula Fantomer FF's Per-Olof Säv was substituted for Ivan Hylander. Christos Spyropoulos hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. In the 17th minute, Olle Koch left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Blågula Fantomer FF fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Niklas Björk in the 22nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Apostolos Svirkos saved BLACK PANTHER F.C from getting behind. Giorgos Morass short, quick shot in the 28thth minute got Stefan Delin to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 29 minutes into the game, Claes Hammarbäck was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Blågula Fantomer FF's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave BLACK PANTHER F.C the free kick. In the 29th minute, Claes Hammarbäck hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Giorgos Moras got free with Stefan Delin in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olle Koch in the 34th minute of play forced BLACK PANTHER F.C's goalkeeper Apostolos Svirkos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Niklas Björk took the ball and in the 37 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Apostolos Svirkos. Apostolos Svirkos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. After 40 minutes of play, Blågula Fantomer FF's Gabriel Glad made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Apostolos Svirkos was left in no man's land by his defense there! Olle Koch's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Apostolos Svirkos read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 43rd minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Giorgos Moras made the kick off in the second half. In the 50th minute of the match, Niklas Björk tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Apostolos Svirkos saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. With his leg Apostolos Svirkos managed to avoid a goal in the 55thth minute, when Blågula Fantomer FF's Olle Koch fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Olle Koch succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-6 in the 61st playminute. Olle Koch fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Apostolos Svirkos having to interfere. After some careless play in the Blågula Fantomer FF defense, Kleon Kontodimos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Stefan Delin. The Blågula Fantomer FF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Stefan Delin should have stopped the shot. In the 74th minute, Blågula Fantomer FF's Niklas Björk dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-7. Olle Koch fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Apostolos Svirkos having to interfere. Blågula Fantomer FF's Stefan Delin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kleon Kontodimos in the 80th minute of play. 82 minutes into the match, BLACK PANTHER F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Niklas Björk came free, but Apostolos Svirkos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Stefan Delin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giorgos Moras in the 83rd minute of the match. Olle Kochs short, quick shot in the 84thth minute got Apostolos Svirkos to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Olle Koch fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Apostolos Svirkos having to interfere. If Olle Koch had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Blågula Fantomer FF eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.