World League

Sniper Arena
Spectators: 7464 (Terracing: 5599, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) 8 minutes into the match, Martial Schwersenz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Olov Groth. FC Snipers's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Martial Schwersenz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. In the 11th minute, one of FC Snipers:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for FC Snipers. In the 13th minute there was a penalty for Fire Devils. Falko Domini stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Olov Groth. 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martial Schwersenz in the 18th minute of play forced FC Snipers's goalkeeper Olov Groth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jarl Nässén made in the 19th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Fire Devils's Falko Domini. After a defensive mix-up in FC Snipers's zone, Sven-Arne Bengtsson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Olov Groth came out of the goal and Sven-Arne Bengtsson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Martial Schwersenz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Olov Groth tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nat Rohn made a fantastic save in the 32nd minute, when Lennart Svensson sent off a good shot on target. 33 minutes into the match, FC Snipers's goal looked a bit too open when Martial Schwersenz came free, but Olov Groth reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fire Devils's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Falko Domini in the 35th minute. The corner ended in Falko Domini almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC Snipers's Olov Groth did a great save. In the 37th minute Mats Godholm shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nat Rohn saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 38th minute, Martial Schwersenz got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The audience was convinced that Martial Schwersenz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Olov Groth was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. Falko Domini hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. Douglas Wiman took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 47th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Nat Rohn. Fire Devils's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line.

When Mats Godholm fell near the penalty area in the 51st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Snipers's protests and gave Mats Godholm a yellow card for diving instead. In the 51st minute, Mats Godholm hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nat Rohn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Inge Gustafsson in the 62nd minute of play. 66 minutes into the game, Jarl Nässén threw the ball into play from the sideline. Fire Devils's Falko Domini quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Olov Groth made an important save on a dangerous shot by Martial Schwersenz in the 67th minute. Martial Schwersenz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Olov Groth having to interfere. Jarl Nässén made in the 75th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Lennart Svensson immediately put the ball in play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sven-Arne Bengtsson in the 78th minute of play forced FC Snipers's goalkeeper Olov Groth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fire Devils's Falko Domini quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Jarl Nässén, made in the 79th minute of the game. Martial Schwersenz blasted a shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Olov Groth having to make a save. Martial Schwersenz scored 0-4 in the 82nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Olov Groth, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Martial Schwersenz in the 86thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Olov Groth, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Martial Schwersenz kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. Martial Schwersenz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 91st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Olov Groth made an important save on a dangerous shot by Martial Schwersenz in the 94th minute. When the final whistle sounded Fire Devils left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than FC Snipers.