Friendly League

Tibro Stadion
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Norbert Loyd kicked off to start the match. Erik Best charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Erik Best the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Tibro booed when Apple Inc. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Erik Best didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hjalmar Brander showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Norbert Loyd in the 5th minute of the match. The supporters of Apple Inc. booed when Tibro was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dan Nyman didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alec Kenny took the ball and in the 6 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Hjalmar Brander. Hjalmar Brander dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. 10 minutes into the game, Erik Best cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Hjalmar Brander was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Tobias Cronin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Håkan Rang in the 14th minute. After 14 played minutes Apple Inc. got a freekick which was hit by Erik Best. Dan Nyman was shown his second yellow card after 19 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 18th minute of the game. One of Tibro:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Apple Inc.:s goal. 24 minutes into the game, Apple Inc.'s Erik Best nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hjalmar Brander made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. Alvar Smefeldt hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Lance Cervantes shot from long distance after 28 played minutes, a shot that Hjalmar Brander with certain difficulty stopped from going in under the crossbar. Lance Cervantes was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 29th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. 31 minutes into the game, Apple Inc.'s Norbert Loyd nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hjalmar Brander made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. A collision led to Tibro getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Hans Pihlberg hit a great ball. When Villiam Stephansson fell near the penalty area in the 38th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tibro's protests and gave Villiam Stephansson a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Tibro's Villiam Stephansson got a free kick in the 38th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Norbert Loyd in the 39th minute of play forced Tibro's goalkeeper Hjalmar Brander to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 44 minutes had been played when some careless play by Tibro's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lance Cervantes was slow to take the kick. During this time Apple Inc.'s players had a chance to rest. Norbert Loyd was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Rudolf Strömberg recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 47th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rudolf Strömberg stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Hjalmar Brander showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erik Best in the 55th minute of the match. After 56 played minutes Apple Inc. got a freekick which was hit by Lance Cervantes. Hjalmar Brander made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Norbert Loyd in the 59th minute of play. Villiam Stephansson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tobias Cronin having to interfere. Johnnie Ciauri hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. After 65 played minutes Tibro got a freekick which was hit by Samuel Utter. Hjalmar Brander showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Norbert Loyd in the 70th minute of the match. Hjalmar Brander showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Norbert Loyd, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. A collision led to Tibro getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Samuel Utter hit a great ball. After 77 played minutes Tibro got a freekick which was hit by Rudolf Strömberg. 85 minutes into the match, Tibro's goalkeeper Hjalmar Brander had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alec Kenny. With a little luck, Tibro's Hjalmar Brander got control of the ball when Johnnie Ciauri tried to sneak it across the goal line. The Apple Inc. supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Apple Inc. would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.