Official Cup

Johnnie Walker Arena
Spectators: 156 (Terracing: 117, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Marcus Hedström took the kick off in the first half of the match. Emanuel Sigfridsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lionel-Andrés Messi, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Keep Walking Project's Aron Iurașcu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sverker Skröder in the 4th minute of play. If Marcus Hedström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. IKS Norrköping's Emanuel Sigfridsson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save IKS Norrköping from getting a goal against them. Keep Walking Project's Aron Iurașcu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcus Hedström in the 20th minute of play. IKS Norrköping's Emanuel Sigfridsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marian Maghiran in the 22nd minute of play. 23 minutes into the match, Marian Maghiran dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Emanuel Sigfridsson, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tobias Ekeberg in the 26th minute of play forced Keep Walking Project's goalkeeper Aron Iurașcu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 29 minutes into the match, IKS Norrköping's goal looked a bit too open when Lionel-Andrés Messi came free, but Emanuel Sigfridsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marian Maghiran got free with Emanuel Sigfridsson in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Aron Iurașcu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tobias Ekeberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. IKS Norrköping's Emanuel Sigfridsson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save IKS Norrköping from getting a goal against them. Emanuel Sigfridsson was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Marian Maghiran showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 42 minute of play. Simon Dahlman took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aron Iurașcu. Aron Iurașcu dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lionel-Andrés Messi to make the kick off. In the 51st minute Marian Maghiran shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emanuel Sigfridsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 56 minutes into the match, IKS Norrköping's goal looked a bit too open when Hafız Öztekin came free, but Emanuel Sigfridsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 62 played minutes IKS Norrköping got a freekick which was hit by Tobias Ekeberg. Emanuel Sigfridsson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marian Maghiran's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. Emanuel Sigfridsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Galo van Basten in the 67th minute of the match. In the 78th minute Marian Maghiran shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emanuel Sigfridsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 79th minute Lionel-Andrés Messi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emanuel Sigfridsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Emanuel Sigfridsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Galo van Basten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 84 minutes into the match, Keep Walking Project's goalkeeper Aron Iurașcu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marcus Hedström. Emanuel Sigfridsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marian Maghiran, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Emanuel Sigfridsson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lionel-Andrés Messi went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. IKS Norrköping made a substitution. Lars Sörman replaced Tobias Ekeberg. IKS Norrköping's Yu Jing Bin was substituted for Marcus Hedström. For all the effort they put into the match, the IKS Norrköping players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Keep Walking Project.