Friendly League

Eighty-Three
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Juan Lebron started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When Måns Sandberg came up free with the goalie in the 4th minute, the Norrlands Athen 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 Måns Sandberg couldn't finish the play. In the 6th minute, Stig-Arne Deckberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the GeRaÇãO-83 defense, Måns Sandberg kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Grzegorz Siekierski. The GeRaÇãO-83 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Grzegorz Siekierski should have stopped the shot. GeRaÇãO-83's Grzegorz Siekierski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juan Lebron in the 10th minute of play. GeRaÇãO-83's Grzegorz Siekierski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juan Lebron in the 10th minute of play. Per-Oskar Ekgren hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. In the 18th play minute Edin Džeko came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Safet Hands. 1-1. When GeRaÇãO-83's Edin Džeko in the 22nd minute got a chance for a shot 22nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Norrlands Athen's goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Edin Džeko's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Safet Hands was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. In the 25th minute Måns Sandberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grzegorz Siekierski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Måns Sandberg in the 33rd minute of play forced GeRaÇãO-83's goalkeeper Grzegorz Siekierski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Edin Džeko managed to get in a good position for a shot. GeRaÇãO-83's supporters rose to their feet, but Edin Džeko was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Safet Hands breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Qian Jian Wei charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Qian Jian Wei the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Safet Hands made an important save on a dangerous shot by Medero Gadea in the 46th minute.

The wind increased when Medero Gadea made the kick off in the second half. Medero Gadea charged in rather forcefully in the 51st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Medero Gadea the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 52nd match minute, GeRaÇãO-83 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Medero Gadea to maneuver through the defense. Norrlands Athen's attentive Giorgian De Arrascaeta managed to snatch the ball when Jiang Xiang Sheng made a throw-in in the 58th minute of the game. Norrlands Athen made a substitution. Gilbert Hermansson replaced Måns Sandberg. A sloppy throw-in by Per-Oskar Ekgren in the 71st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Norrlands Athen's Huang Fei Ting. GeRaÇãO-83's Grzegorz Siekierski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save GeRaÇãO-83 from getting a goal against them. The supporters of GeRaÇãO-83 booed when Norrlands Athen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Qian Zhen Sheng didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 88th minute, Edin Džeko left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The GeRaÇãO-83 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. The referee felt a red card was in order, 93 minutes into the game, when Filcho Slivkov put in a rough tackle. Norrlands Athen:s Safet Hands showed great skill when he stopped Edin Džeko:s penalty. In the 95th minute, Edin Džeko left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The GeRaÇãO-83 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. GeRaÇãO-83 had won after a very even match.