U21 League

Mamba Mentality
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Joacim Rudberg kicked off to start the match. 6 minutes into the match, Mats Pettersson notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Black Mamba's Elliott Sundin. Elliott Sundin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Black Mamba's Elliott Sundin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mats Pettersson in the 11th minute of play. In the last second Eddie Abrahamsson throw himself and got hold of the ball when Aleksander Stabbe in the 14thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. After 18 minutes of play, SoS FC's Mats Pettersson made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Elliott Sundin was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Jonny Nilsson fell near the penalty area in the 26th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SoS FC's protests and gave Jonny Nilsson a yellow card for diving instead. In the 26th match minute, SoS FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonny Nilsson to maneuver through the defense. In the 28th minute the ball was on its way in behind Black Mamba's goalkeeper Elliott Sundin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aleksander Stabbe in the 37th minute of play forced SoS FC's goalkeeper Eddie Abrahamsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kevin Harman could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Eddie Abrahamsson made a huge save. Joacim Rudberg kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. After the first half SoS FC were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Aleksander Stabbe to make the kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Kevin Harman in the 52nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eddie Abrahamsson saved SoS FC from getting behind. When Black Mamba's Kevin Harman in the 52nd minute got a chance for a shot 52nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SoS FC's goalie prevented a goal. Elliott Sundin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mats Pettersson's shot from short distance in the 55th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Allan Matsson in the 59th minute of play forced SoS FC's goalkeeper Eddie Abrahamsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 60 minutes SoS FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jonas Ros who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Ivan Rydelius managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. When Black Mamba's Kevin Harman in the 64th minute got a chance for a shot 64th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SoS FC's goalie prevented a goal. After a rather tough play, Black Mamba's Allan Matsson got a free kick in the 65th minute. When the match had gone on for 77 minutes, Kevin Harman put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Eddie Abrahamsson. Eddie Abrahamsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ivan Rydelius, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to SoS FC getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. André Blom hit a great ball. 87 minutes into the match, Ivan Rydelius notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of SoS FC's Eddie Abrahamsson. Eddie Abrahamsson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mats Pettersson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Elliott Sundin having to interfere. Black Mamba were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.