Friendly League

Valley Stream FC
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Djamal Akrour took the kick off in the first half of the match. A sloppy throw-in by Per-Arne Skoglund in the 4th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Valley Stream's Abd al-Asis Belkhadem. Hjalmar Brander came out of the goal in the 9th minute to try and stop a shot by Valley Stream's Karim Diafat. But to his dismay, Karim Diafat quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. With a little luck, Tibro's Hjalmar Brander got control of the ball when Djamal Akrour tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Djamal Akrour in the 13th minute of play forced Tibro's goalkeeper Hjalmar Brander to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sid Ahmed Belkheir fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hjalmar Brander having to interfere. Amar Maillot didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dan Nyman went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Hjalmar Brander was out of position in the 24 minute of play, and Djamal Akrour capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Djamal Akrour really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. In the 30th minute of the game Alvar Smefeldt made a throw-in which Per-Arne Skoglund played forward. Cheb Souakri hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. If Frantz Daham had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rudolf Strömberg stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rudolf Strömberg in the 52nd minute of play forced Valley Stream's goalkeeper Amar Maillot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hjalmar Brander made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Djamal Akrour in the 53rd minute of play. Ronny Hedström kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. 57 minutes into the match, Djamal Akrour had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hjalmar Brander. Tibro's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Djamal Akrour was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. Mouloud Khabatou got a throw-in 62 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Karim Diafat. Djamal Akrour sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 66th minute Djamal Akrour shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hjalmar Brander saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 67 played minutes Valley Stream got a freekick which was hit by Abd al-Asis Belkhadem. Hjalmar Brander made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karim Diafat in the 70th minute of play. Hans Pihlberg hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Hjalmar Brander showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Djamal Akrour in the 72nd minute of the match. Hjalmar Brander came out of the goal in the 76th minute to try and stop a shot by Valley Stream's Djamal Akrour. But to his dismay, Djamal Akrour quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-1. In the 80th minute, Djamal Akrour ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hjalmar Brander was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-1. Hjalmar Brander showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Djamal Akrour, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Hjalmar Brander made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abd al-Asis Belkhadem in the 86th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cheb Souakri during the 87th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 90th minute, Abd al-Asis Belkhadem hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Valley Stream's Frantz Daham got a free kick in the 92nd minute. The supporters of Valley Stream booed when Tibro was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dan Nyman didn't get a good kick on the ball. Valley Stream walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.