Friendly League

Kalchishta
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jachel Carmine took the kick off in the first half of the match. Simon Fanström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mattanel Menuchin in the 2nd minute of play. Per-Oskar Ahlstedt could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Eliyav Arnold made a huge save. After 7 minutes of play, Hapoel Soviet FC's Arion Gollander made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Simon Fanström was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Per-Oskar Ahlstedt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 18th minute Yevorach Zitzer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Simon Fanström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jachel Carmine in the 20th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Simon Fanström saved Malmo from getting behind. Simon Fanström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jachel Carmine in the 23rd minute of the match. Gadi Margolis hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. After recieving a nice pass, Malmo's Harry Brolin tried to score from far away in the 27th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Simon Fanström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yevorach Zitzer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 32nd minute Per-Oskar Ahlstedt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eliyav Arnold saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 35th match minute, Malmo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tommy Jakobsson to maneuver through the defense. When Håkan Askelöf fell near the penalty area in the 37th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Malmo's protests and gave Håkan Askelöf a yellow card for diving instead. After 37 played minutes Malmo got a freekick which was hit by Håkan Askelöf. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jachel Carmine in the 38th minute of play forced Malmo's goalkeeper Simon Fanström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Hapoel Soviet FC defense, Douglas Almqvist kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eliyav Arnold. The Hapoel Soviet FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eliyav Arnold should have stopped the shot. Håkan Askelöf was shown his second yellow card after 42 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mattanel Menuchin in the 43rd minute of play forced Malmo's goalkeeper Simon Fanström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Malmo's Simon Fanström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yevorach Zitzer in the 48th minute of play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alex Hultman stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Alex Hultman took the ball and in the 54 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eliyav Arnold. Eliyav Arnold dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. After 56 played minutes Hapoel Soviet FC got a freekick which was hit by Gadi Margolis. Simon Fanström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jachel Carmine in the 67th minute of play. 71 minutes into the match, Hapoel Soviet FC's goal looked a bit too open when Per-Oskar Ahlstedt came free, but Eliyav Arnold reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 72 minutes into the game, Douglas Almqvist cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-1. Eliyav Arnold was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 75 minutes of play, Malmo's Petter Biörkman made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eliyav Arnold was left in no man's land by his defense there! Arion Gollander could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Simon Fanström made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Hapoel Soviet FC's Mattanel Menuchin got a free kick in the 81st minute. Hapoel Soviet FC's Eliyav Arnold played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Petter Biörkman in the 85th minute of play. Arion Gollander had several of the Malmo's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 92 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 5-2 score and a disappointed Simon Fanström as he didn't even see the shot coming. When Arion Gollander came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Hapoel Soviet FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Arion Gollander couldn't finish the play. For all the effort they put into the match, the Hapoel Soviet FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Malmo.