Friendly League

Zlatan Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Maxim Tsigalko got the match started through his kick off. Vince Di Cola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ubaldo Padro, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maxim Tsigalko in the 9th minute of play forced Zlatan BK's goalkeeper Ellis Schenck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 12 minutes Samurai's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Per Hägglund who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Zlatan BK's corner Per Hägglund fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Vince Di Cola quite easily take care of the ball. Manfred Eklund hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Ellis Schenck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maxim Tsigalko in the 15th minute of play. Manfred Eklund hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Ellis Schenck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timmy Henriksson in the 19th minute of the match. Samurai's Vince Di Cola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ubaldo Padro in the 22nd minute of play. After 27 played minutes Samurai got a freekick which was hit by Jens-Ove Blomqvist. Maxim Tsigalko blasted a shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ellis Schenck having to make a save. Vince Di Cola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ubaldo Padro in the 32nd minute of the match. Ellis Schenck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maxim Tsigalko in the 34th minute of play. Zlatan BK's Ellis Schenck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Timmy Henriksson in the 41st minute of play. 44 minutes into the game, Åke Hamnberg threw the ball into play from the sideline. Zlatan BK's Manfred Eklund quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 46 minutes into the match, Zlatan BK's goal looked a bit too open when Allan Bivall came free, but Ellis Schenck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ubaldo Padro was the one to do the kick off. After 52 played minutes Zlatan BK got a freekick which was hit by Olle Olsson. Ellis Schenck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maxim Tsigalko in the 56th minute of play. In the 61st minute, Manfred Eklund hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zlatan BK's Danell Mackiathan was substituted for Mariusz Kloczko. Zlatan BK made a substitution. Karl-Oskar Kinnman replaced Cesare Maestri. Samurai made a substitution. Ian Prutton replaced Hernán Grana. Samurai's Esbjörn Hultstrand was substituted for Timmy Henriksson. A collision led to Zlatan BK getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Manfred Eklund hit a great ball. 64 minutes into the match, Zlatan BK's goal looked a bit too open when Esbjörn Hultstrand came free, but Ellis Schenck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Danell Mackiathan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vince Di Cola was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. Ellis Schenck was a little too slow when Wu Qi got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 68th minute. The score was now 0-2. A sloppy throw-in by Verner Holmstedt in the 71st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Samurai's Jens-Ove Blomqvist. Zlatan BK's Ellis Schenck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Esbjörn Hultstrand in the 74th minute of play. 74 minutes into the match, Zlatan BK's goal looked a bit too open when Esbjörn Hultstrand came free, but Ellis Schenck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Esbjörn Hultstrand in the 74th minute of play forced Zlatan BK's goalkeeper Ellis Schenck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ellis Schenck took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Esbjörn Hultstrand, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Esbjörn Hultstrand in the 76th minute of play forced Zlatan BK's goalkeeper Ellis Schenck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ellis Schenck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wu Qi in the 78th minute of the match. Vince Di Cola made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Albert Linberg in the 80th minute of play. Ellis Schenck made an important save on a dangerous shot by Allan Bivall in the 82nd minute. In the 84th minute, Karl-Oskar Kinnman left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Zlatan BK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Samurai's Jens-Ove Blomqvist managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Verner Holmstedt in the 86 minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Albert Linberg in the 87th minute of play forced Samurai's goalkeeper Vince Di Cola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vince Di Cola took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Danell Mackiathan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Karl-Oskar Kinnman took the ball and in the 95 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vince Di Cola. Vince Di Cola dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.