Prized/Friendly Cup

FIELD OF DREAMS
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Pat Bond made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pål Askestät in the 4th minute of play. In the 6th minute, Per Rolandsson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Average Joes fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 14th minute, Per Rolandsson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pat Bond was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Pål Askestät fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pat Bond having to interfere. In the 21st minute, Per Rolandsson got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. A collision led to Average Joes getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Filip Flink hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Per Rolandsson in the 33rd minute of play forced ARMENIAN 11's goalkeeper Pat Bond to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pat Bond made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pål Askestät in the 35th minute of play. Average Joes's Per Rolandsson got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Merle Mansfield had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 41 minutes, Pål Askestät put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Pat Bond. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

Average Joes made a substitution. Nils-Emil Gulliksson replaced Lukas Bäckman. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Sylvester Chang was the one to do the kick off. After 54 played minutes ARMENIAN 11 got a freekick which was hit by Casey Mixon. The Average Joes fans' excitement grew in the 55th match minute when Average Joes's Per Rolandsson looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-5 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Filipp Krupatkih managed to get in a good position for a shot. Average Joes's supporters rose to their feet, but Filipp Krupatkih was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pat Bond breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. ARMENIAN 11 made a substitution. Pedro Lofton replaced Casey Mixon. Arthur Saba sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Per Rolandsson's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 72ndth minute, Pat Bond skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Average Joes's Pål Askestät slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Pat Bond. That made the score 0-6 after 74 minutes of play. Pål Askestät blasted a shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pat Bond having to make a save. Average Joes's Jeremias Silban was substituted for Per Rolandsson. Average Joes made a substitution. Jo Blanchaert replaced Pål Askestät. Jeremias Silban took the ball and in the 80 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pat Bond. Pat Bond dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-7. Victoriano Abel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Merle Mansfield in the 85th minute of the match. Pedro Lofton kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. 91 minutes into the match, ARMENIAN 11's goal looked a bit too open when Jeremias Silban came free, but Pat Bond reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the ARMENIAN 11 defense, Jo Blanchaert kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pat Bond. The ARMENIAN 11 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pat Bond should have stopped the shot. In the 95th match minute, Average Joes was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arthur Saba to maneuver through the defense. When the match was over Average Joes could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than ARMENIAN 11 throughout the match.