Friendly League

Magic City
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Mats Hermansson took the kick off in the first half of the match. Marcus Ekrot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kaj Ekegren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 9th minute of the match SJÖARED got a corner. Vykans Vikingar's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tim Hellbom ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Kaj Ekegren got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marcus Ekrot quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Marcus Ekrot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kaj Ekegren in the 10th minute of play. Helge Gustafssons short, quick shot in the 16thth minute got Marcus Ekrot to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vilhelm Lidman got free with Marcus Ekrot in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Helge Gustafsson in the 20th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marcus Ekrot prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Vykans Vikingar's Marcus Ekrot proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Vykans Vikingar from getting a goal against them. 25 minutes had been played when some careless play by SJÖARED's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Fernan Berart was slow to take the kick. During this time Vykans Vikingar's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Leonardo Trancoso almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but SJÖARED's Adrian Springfält did a great save. 26 minutes into the match, Vykans Vikingar's goalkeeper Marcus Ekrot had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Vilhelm Lidman. Marcus Ekrot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kaj Ekegren in the 29th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vilhelm Lidman got free with Marcus Ekrot in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Vilhelm Lidman received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Marcus Ekrot came out and tried to block the shot, but Vilhelm Lidman slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 33rd minute. In the 37th minute, 董云夕 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Adrian Springfält showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fernan Berart in the 37th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Helge Gustafsson in the 40th minute of play forced Vykans Vikingar's goalkeeper Marcus Ekrot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Helge Gustafsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcus Ekrot was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. In the 42nd minute, Roger Bålström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gunnar Hellström charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gunnar Hellström the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Martin Mutumba recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 46th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal.

The wind increased when Kaj Ekegren made the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mats Hermansson in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Adrian Springfält saved SJÖARED from getting behind. Marcus Ekrot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kaj Ekegren in the 56th minute of the match. Vilhelm Lidman's late challenge caught a Vykans Vikingar's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vilhelm Lidman helped the player get up and apologised. After 59 played minutes SJÖARED got a freekick which was hit by Vilhelm Lidman. Vykans Vikingar made a substitution. Christoffer Johansson replaced Hugo Eden. Vilhelm Lidman hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in SJÖARED's zone, Jose Indalecio stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Adrian Springfält came out of the goal and Jose Indalecio tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Vykans Vikingar's Mats Hermansson slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Adrian Springfält. That made the score 1-1 after 71 minutes of play. Vykans Vikingar's Tage Glanselius was substituted for Jose Indalecio. Vykans Vikingar's Bengt-Arne Haglund was substituted for Martin Mutumba. Adrian Springfält showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bengt-Arne Haglund in the 76th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Urban Rudberg in the 77th minute of play forced Vykans Vikingar's goalkeeper Marcus Ekrot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 81 minutes into the match, Vykans Vikingar's Bengt-Arne Haglund sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Adrian Springfält narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bengt-Arne Haglund in the 82nd minute of play forced SJÖARED's goalkeeper Adrian Springfält to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcus Ekrot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Helge Gustafsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Marcus Ekrot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isak Qvarnström in the 87th minute of the match. Leonardo Trancoso came free with the goalkeeper in the 90th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Adrian Springfält could save by the left post. Vykans Vikingar's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Fernan Berart in the 91st minute. When Bengt-Arne Haglund came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the Vykans Vikingar 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 Bengt-Arne Haglund couldn't finish the play. After having played for 95 minutes, Bengt-Arne Haglund managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Vykans Vikingar's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bengt-Arne Haglund was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.