Friendly League

Olympia
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) After a rather tough play, de belletrekkers's Edgard Armentier got a free kick in the 4th minute. In the 6th minute Juan Lebron shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kristiaan Van de Velde saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 7 minutes de belletrekkers's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Filcho Slivkov who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Filcho Slivkov almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but de belletrekkers's Kristiaan Van de Velde did a great save. The supporters of Norrlands Athen booed when de belletrekkers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Soren Verstappen didn't get a good kick on the ball. With splendid footwork Juan Lebron arrived in front of goal to shoot 1-0 by the left pole in the game's 13th minute. de belletrekkers's Kristiaan Van de Velde proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save de belletrekkers from getting a goal against them. Kristiaan Van de Velde made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when Måns Sandberg sent off a good shot on target. Måns Sandberg blasted a shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Kristiaan Van de Velde having to make a save. Kristiaan Van de Velde made an important save on a dangerous shot by Måns Sandberg in the 24th minute. de belletrekkers's defense didn't have a chance, in the 29th minute, when Måns Sandberg scored to the left of an out of position Kristiaan Van de Velde, making the score, 2-0. When the match had gone on for 32 minutes, Måns Sandberg took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Kristiaan Van de Velde to make any attempt to save it. 36 minutes into the game, Soren Verstappen threw the ball into play from the sideline. Norrlands Athen's Giorgian De Arrascaeta quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. The audience was convinced that Måns Sandberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kristiaan Van de Velde was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. Kristiaan Van de Velde made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Qian Zhen Sheng in the 41st minute of play. With a little luck, de belletrekkers's Kristiaan Van de Velde got control of the ball when Måns Sandberg tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 46 played minutes Norrlands Athen got a freekick which was hit by Jacinto da Silveira. 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 Edgard Armentier stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Måns Sandberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kristiaan Van de Velde having to interfere. When Måns Sandberg came up free with the goalie in the 66th 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. Norrlands Athen made a substitution. Gilbert Hermansson replaced Måns Sandberg. Norrlands Athen made a substitution. Calle Bergfelt replaced Wieslaw Wos. George Van Impe could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Safet Hands made a huge save. 72 minutes into the game, Gilbert Hermansson cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Kristiaan Van de Velde was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Kristiaan Van de Velde took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juan Lebron, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kristiaan Van de Velde showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Calle Bergfelt in the 76th minute of the match. de belletrekkers's Kristiaan Van de Velde played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Calle Bergfelt in the 78th minute of play. After 79 minutes of play, Norrlands Athen's Gilbert Hermansson made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kristiaan Van de Velde was left in no man's land by his defense there! 82 minutes into the game, Calle Bergfelt cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. Kristiaan Van de Velde was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 84 played minutes Norrlands Athen got a freekick which was hit by Calle Bergfelt. 88 minutes into the match, Gilbert Hermansson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kristiaan Van de Velde. de belletrekkers's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gilbert Hermansson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Calle Bergfelt in the 95th minute of play forced de belletrekkers's goalkeeper Kristiaan Van de Velde to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the referee ended the match the Norrlands Athen players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.