Friendly League

Kurdiska Berget
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Hermengildo Huly made in the 6th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Hernán Grana. In the 7th minute, Maxim Tsigalko left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Samurai fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Vince Di Cola made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Nils Hopp sent off a good shot on target. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lars Sundström in the 11th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vince Di Cola saved Samurai from getting behind. Vince Di Cola made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lars Sundström in the 13th minute of play. 14 minutes into the match, FC Kurdistan's goal looked a bit too open when Maxim Tsigalko came free, but Alaaddin Solskjær reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 21st match minute, Samurai was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andres Gergori to maneuver through the defense. In the 22nd minute of the match, Lars Sundström tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Vince Di Cola saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nils Hopp got free with Vince Di Cola in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Alaaddin Solskjær stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Maxim Tsigalko's shot from short distance in the 31st minute. 35 minutes into the match, Lars Sundström notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Samurai's Vince Di Cola. Vince Di Cola was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With a little luck, Samurai's Vince Di Cola got control of the ball when Lars Sundström tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Lars Sundström's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vince Di Cola was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. When FC Kurdistan's Lars Sundström in the 40th minute got a chance for a shot 40th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Samurai's goalie prevented a goal. After a defensive mix-up in FC Kurdistan's zone, Maxim Tsigalko stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alaaddin Solskjær came out of the goal and Maxim Tsigalko tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. FC Kurdistan's Iwan Kasiewski was substituted for Nils Hopp. Alaaddin Solskjær showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Allan Bivall in the 44th minute of the match.

52 minutes had been played when some careless play by Samurai's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Erhard Esbo was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Kurdistan's players had a chance to rest. In the 54th 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. Fredric Hybbert hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Vince Di Cola took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lars Sundström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alaaddin Solskjær made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timmy Henriksson in the 60th minute of play. Maxim Tsigalko spun around in front of the goal 65 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of FC Kurdistan's goal. FC Kurdistan's Jörgen Levander was substituted for Ubaldo Ritchie. FC Kurdistan's Alaaddin Solskjær played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wu Qi in the 72nd minute of play. Vince Di Cola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lars Bammerman in the 73rd minute of the match. Alaaddin Solskjær took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Allan Bivall, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Wu Qi hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Alaaddin Solskjær was out of position in the 82 minute of play, and Wu Qi capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Wu Qi really showed his touch with that goal: 2-3. Carlos-Alberto Bayona made in the 85th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Yin Yun Fan. In the 86th minute Jörgen Levander 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. Samurai's Vince Di Cola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lars Bammerman in the 87th minute of play. In the 88th minute Jörgen Levander 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. Vince Di Cola took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jörgen Levander, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Through an outstanding action, after 96 minutes, Alaaddin Solskjær successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Esbjörn Hultstrand succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-4 in the 96th playminute. The FC Kurdistan supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Samurai's performance. The match ended with a win for Samurai.