Allianz Arena
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Igor Maley started the match with the kick off. Sebastian Walroth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valeriy Vishnevskiy in the 6th minute of the match. The Alliance's Sebastian Walroth played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mikhail Kuklis in the 7th minute of play. Sven-Erik Högberg could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Doğa Hazret made a huge save. After a defensive mix-up in STORM's zone, Patrik Ahlin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Doğa Hazret came out of the goal and Patrik Ahlin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, STORM's Taras Dostoevskiy got a free kick in the 16th minute. Patrik Ahlin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Doğa Hazret having to interfere. In the 20thth minute of the game Sven-Erik Högberg who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but STORM's Doğa Hazret was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of The Alliance booed when STORM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Taras Dostoevskiy didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 22nd minute of the match Kasper Hermansson sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Doğa Hazret skillfully saved the ball. The supporters of STORM booed when The Alliance was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andreas Nordmark didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 29th minute of the match The Alliance got a corner. STORM's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Kasper Hermansson ran over to the corner to take the kick. The Alliance's Kasper Hermansson was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Doğa Hazret in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Sven-Erik Högbergs short, quick shot in the 32ndth minute got Doğa Hazret to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 37th minute the ball was on its way in behind STORM's goalkeeper Doğa Hazret, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. STORM's Danila Kudryashov was substituted for Daniil Biryukov. 45 minutes into the match, The Alliance's goal looked a bit too open when Valeriy Vishnevskiy came free, but Sebastian Walroth reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 47th minute, Danila Kudryashov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sebastian Walroth was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Sven-Erik Högberg was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Igor Maley got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Igor Maleys short, quick shot in the 57thth minute got Sebastian Walroth to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Igor Maley spun around in front of the goal 58 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of The Alliance's goal. STORM made a substitution. Konstantin Kartashev replaced Valeriy Vishnevskiy. In the 63rd match minute, STORM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Konstantin Evseev to maneuver through the defense. 63 minutes into the match, The Alliance's Kasper Hermansson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Doğa Hazret narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to The Alliance getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Andreas Nordmark hit a great ball. Igor Maley took the ball and in the 72 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sebastian Walroth. Sebastian Walroth dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. The audience was convinced that Igor Maley's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sebastian Walroth was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. After 79 played minutes The Alliance got a freekick which was hit by Kasper Hermansson. The Alliance's Sebastian Walroth played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Igor Maley in the 81st minute of play. In the 83rd minute Kasper Hermansson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Doğa Hazret saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When The Alliance's Sven-Erik Högberg in the 86th minute got a chance for a shot 86th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye STORM's goalie prevented a goal. In the 87th match minute, STORM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Igor Maley to maneuver through the defense. In the 90th minute, Sven-Erik Högberg made a precise shot to the right of Doğa Hazret. STORM's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Doğa Hazret took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sven-Erik Högberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kasper Hermansson in the 97th minute of play forced STORM's goalkeeper Doğa Hazret to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. STORM had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.
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