Official Cup

B6
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Arne Jonasson made the kick off which started today's match. A collision led to The Lions getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Arne Jonasson hit a great ball. Erik Ljungberg hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frans Valrot in the 8th minute of play forced The Lions's goalkeeper Evert Mellberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frans Valrot 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frans Valrot 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. Evert Mellberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frans Valrot in the 10th minute of the match. Evert Mellberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frans Valrot, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 17th minute of the match Meadow Village got a corner. The Lions's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jarbas Sabóia ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led to Meadow Village's Vidar Markusson getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. The supporters of The Lions booed when Meadow Village was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Evert Ahlrot didn't get a good kick on the ball. Iustin Braniște took the ball and in the 24 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alex Lundkvist. Alex Lundkvist dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Gert Carlsson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Alex Lundkvist made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arne Jonasson in the 30th minute of play forced Meadow Village's goalkeeper Alex Lundkvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Lions's Evert Mellberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frans Valrot in the 32nd minute of play. Evert Mellberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frans Valrot in the 33rd minute of play. Alex Lundkvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arne Jonasson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Evert Mellberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Evert Ahlrot, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Gert Carlsson came free with the goalkeeper in the 41st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Alex Lundkvist could save by the left post. Evert Mellberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Evert Ahlrot, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jarbas Sabóia in the 43rd 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 couple of smart ball manuevers Jarbas Sabóia in the 46th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Evert Mellberg saved The Lions from getting behind. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Evert Ahlrot was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arne Jonasson in the 50th minute of play forced Meadow Village's goalkeeper Alex Lundkvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sven-Åke Pålsson hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Evert Mellberg was out of position in the 54 minute of play, and Frans Valrot capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Frans Valrot really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. The audience was convinced that Frans Valrot's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Evert Mellberg was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. In the 63rd minute, Meadow Village's Jarbas Sabóia ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Evert Mellberg. Evert Mellberg yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-3. After 68 played minutes The Lions got a freekick which was hit by Tony Haegg. Tony Haegg kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. 76 minutes into the match, The Lions's goal looked a bit too open when Matthias Bergkvist came free, but Evert Mellberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Evert Mellberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matthias Bergkvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jarbas Sabóia kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. 81 minutes into the game, Iustin Braniște cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Alex Lundkvist was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 84 minutes into the match, The Lions's goalkeeper Evert Mellberg had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Evert Ahlrot. Alex Lundkvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gert Carlsson in the 86th minute of the match. Alex Lundkvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gert Carlsson in the 86th minute of the match. Evert Mellberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matthias Bergkvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Meadow Village's Svante Matsson got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Meadow Village's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.