Friendly League

Stade de la Mosson
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) With a little luck, Kind of Blue's Wilhelm Galle got control of the ball when Maxim Tsigalko tried to sneak it across the goal line. Wilhelm Galle made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timmy Henriksson in the 5th minute of play. After having played for 7 minutes, Timmy Henriksson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Samurai's supporters crossed their fingers, but Timmy Henriksson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sebastian Käller in the 9th minute of play forced Samurai's goalkeeper Vince Di Cola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 18 minutes, Sebastian Käller made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Samurai's Vince Di Cola tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Kind of Blue's Anastasios Pallini was substituted for Jonny Lagerberg. The audience thought a goal was coming when Maxim Tsigalko got free with Wilhelm Galle in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sebastian Käller in the 24th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vince Di Cola saved Samurai from getting behind. Kind of Blue's Wilhelm Galle played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alto Wing in the 25th minute of play. Wilhelm Galle made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Maxim Tsigalko sent off a good shot on target. Samurai's Åke Hamnberg managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Tonhão Rodrigues in the 36 minute of the game. Samurai's Åke Hamnberg quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Tonhão Rodrigues, made in the 37th minute of the game. Sebastian Käller might have been able to make a better finish in the 39th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vince Di Cola. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Sebastian Käller ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 39th minute Sebastian Käller shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vince Di Cola saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Samurai booed when Kind of Blue was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joel Barbosa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Allan Bivall struck a weak shot in the 43rd minute. Wilhelm Galle didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Samurai. Vince Di Cola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sebastian Käller, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sebastian Käller stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 51 minutes of play, Kind of Blue's Sebastian Käller made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vince Di Cola was left in no man's land by his defense there! Wilhelm Galle took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maxim Tsigalko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kind of Blue's Östen Högman was substituted for Sebastian Käller. 56 minutes into the game, one of Samurai:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After a rather tough play, Samurai's Timmy Henriksson got a free kick in the 60th minute. Samurai's Wu Qi was substituted for Maxim Tsigalko. In the 62nd match minute, Samurai was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Timmy Henriksson to maneuver through the defense. In the 63rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Samurai's goalkeeper Vince Di Cola, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Wilhelm Galle showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Allan Bivall in the 68th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Samurai's Alto Wing got a free kick in the 69th minute. If Östen Högman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 71st minute Allan Bivall shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wilhelm Galle saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kind of Blue made a substitution. Horea Boian replaced Anastasios Pallini. Wu Qi scored 2-2 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Wilhelm Galle, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 78 played minutes Samurai got a freekick which was hit by Joaquin Blanco. In the 84th minute Wu Qi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wilhelm Galle saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 85th minute, Allan Bivall hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vince Di Cola made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Östen Högman in the 86th minute of play. After 87 minutes Samurai's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Joacim Hansson who took care of the corner kick. Kind of Blue's Joacim Hansson was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Vince Di Cola in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 91 minutes into the match, Östen Högman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vince Di Cola. Samurai's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Östen Högman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. The Samurai supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Kind of Blue's performance. The match ended with a win for Kind of Blue.