League

Boundary Park
Spectators: 7985 (Terracing: 5997, Seating: 1838, VIP seats: 150) The Lions's Arne Jonasson 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. Evert Mellberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Braulio Hodei, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Evert Mellberg was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Zhao Yao Ying showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 6 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Braulio Hodei in the 9th minute of play forced The Lions's goalkeeper Evert Mellberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, The Lions's Evert Mellberg got control of the ball when Zhao Yao Ying tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 15th play minute Valter Abrahamsson came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Evert Mellberg. 2-0. Guo Han Di showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arne Jonasson in the 18th minute of the match. Evert Mellberg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zhao Yao Ying in the 22nd minute. 26 minutes into the match, The Lions's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian-Federico Dolić came free, but Evert Mellberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Lions's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Stig-Ove Gustafsson in the 30th minute. 32 minutes into the match, Oldham Athletic's goal looked a bit too open when Gert Carlsson came free, but Guo Han Di reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Guo Han Di took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gert Carlsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 38 minutes had been played when some careless play by Oldham Athletic's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Stig-Ove Gustafsson was slow to take the kick. During this time The Lions's players had a chance to rest. The Lions's Stig-Ove Gustafsson was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Guo Han Di in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The supporters of The Lions booed when Oldham Athletic was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zhao Yao Ying didn't get a good kick on the ball. 46 minutes into the match, The Lions's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian-Federico Dolić came free, but Evert Mellberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zhao Yao Ying stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Muhammed-Emir Benice in the 52nd minute of play forced The Lions's goalkeeper Evert Mellberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Iustin Braniște hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. After 57 minutes, Stig-Ove Gustafsson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the The Lions and the Oldham Athletic players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Oldham Athletic booed when The Lions was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stig-Ove Gustafsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arne Jonasson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Guo Han Di having to interfere. The Oldham Athletic fans' excitement grew in the 66th match minute when Oldham Athletic's Cristian-Federico Dolić looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Oldham Athletic made a substitution. Sune Axelsson replaced Cristian-Federico Dolić. The crowd rose to their feet as Arne Jonasson kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Guo Han Di. That made the score 3-1 in the 72 minute of play. Evert Mellberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zhao Yao Ying in the 76th minute of the match. The Lions's Evert Mellberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valter Abrahamsson in the 77th minute of play. In the 78thth minute of the game Zhao Yao Ying who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but The Lions's Evert Mellberg was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Evert Mellberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Braulio Hodei, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Evert Mellberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sune Axelsson in the 80th minute of play. Evert Mellberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valter Abrahamsson in the 82nd minute of play. In the 83rd minute, Gert Carlsson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The The Lions fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. The Oldham Athletic fans' excitement grew in the 86th match minute when Oldham Athletic's Valter Abrahamsson looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Evert Mellberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sune Axelsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. When the match had gone on for 92 minutes, Zhao Yao Ying put it in 5-2 from a short distance just to the right of Evert Mellberg.