Prized/Friendly Cup

ARENA ITAFUT 4EVER
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Norrlands Athen's Juan Lebron started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. When Juan Lebron fell near the penalty area in the 6th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Norrlands Athen's protests and gave Juan Lebron a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Norrlands Athen getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Juan Lebron hit a great ball. In the 10th minute Måns Sandberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nilson Peres saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Evelio Rico received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Safet Hands tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Safet Hands stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ryszard Barycz's shot from short distance in the 20th minute. In the 25thth minute of the game Ryszard Barycz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Norrlands Athen's Safet Hands was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ryszard Barycz in the 28th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Safet Hands saved Norrlands Athen from getting behind. Nilson Peres took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Måns Sandberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Norrlands Athen's attentive Jacinto da Silveira managed to snatch the ball when Marquinhos Best made a throw-in in the 31st minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet as ITAFUT 4EVER's Ryszard Barycz slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Safet Hands. That made the score 1-0 after 33 minutes of play. Marquinhos Best made in the 36th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Norrlands Athen's Qian Zhen Sheng. 46 minutes into the match, Norrlands Athen's goalkeeper Safet Hands had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ryszard Barycz. 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.

Safet Hands took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ryszard Barycz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 54 played minutes Norrlands Athen got a freekick which was hit by Giorgian De Arrascaeta. In the 55th match minute, Norrlands Athen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jacinto da Silveira to maneuver through the defense. ITAFUT 4EVER were awarded a corner in the 57th minute after Norrlands Athen's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jean-Paul Møffelmand took the corner. In the 58th match minute, ITAFUT 4EVER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jean-Paul Møffelmand to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juan Lebron in the 60th minute of play forced ITAFUT 4EVER's goalkeeper Nilson Peres to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 63rd minute Ryszard Barycz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Safet Hands saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ITAFUT 4EVER's Nilson Peres played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Måns Sandberg in the 64th minute of play. Safet Hands showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ryszard Barycz, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ryszard Barycz in the 70th minute of play forced Norrlands Athen's goalkeeper Safet Hands to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ryszard Barycz took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Safet Hands. Safet Hands dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Norrlands Athen made a substitution. Gilbert Hermansson replaced Måns Sandberg. ITAFUT 4EVER made a substitution. Jardel Baggio replaced Ryszard Barycz. Safet Hands made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodriguinho Linhares in the 84th minute of play. In the 84th minute Rodriguinho Linhares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Safet Hands saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Gilbert Hermansson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Safet Hands came out of the goal in the 93rd minute to try and stop a shot by ITAFUT 4EVER's Rodriguinho Linhares. But to his dismay, Rodriguinho Linhares quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. There was no doubt that ITAFUT 4EVER were the better team. ITAFUT 4EVER's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.