Official Cup

Aro Stadium
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Sune Svartengren took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Håkan Šuker 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. Harry Higuita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Håkan Šuker in the 8th minute of the match. Håkan Šuker took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Harry Higuita. Harry Higuita dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 19th minute Håkan Šuker shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Harry Higuita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Harry Higuita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Angel Lehoi in the 20th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Håkan Šuker's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Harry Higuita was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. Honung were awarded a corner in the 23th minute after Aro FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. King Puck took the corner. Honung's King Puck was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Harry Higuita in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 26th minute Sandu Musteatã shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aristide Beșliu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Harry Higuita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Håkan Šuker in the 28th minute of the match. In the 30th minute Angel Lehoi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Harry Higuita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Angel Lehoi in the 33rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Harry Higuita prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A collision led to Aro FC getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Sven-Arne Berglund hit a great ball. 45 minutes into the match, Aro FC's goal looked a bit too open when Håkan Šuker came free, but Harry Higuita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Harry Higuita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Håkan Šuker in the 46th minute of play.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Håkan Šuker was the one to do the kick off. Aro FC's Harry Higuita proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 51st minute of the match, managed to save Aro FC from getting a goal against them. Håkan Šuker sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 60th minute, Håkan Šuker ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Harry Higuita was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Honung made a substitution. Rune Fredriksson replaced Juan Manuel Vargas. The audience thought a goal was coming when Malcolm Lindström got free with Harry Higuita in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 71st minute Ola Toivonen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aristide Beșliu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ola Toivonen in the 71st minute of play forced Honung's goalkeeper Aristide Beșliu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Håkan Šukers short, quick shot in the 73rdth minute got Harry Higuita to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 75 minutes into the match, Håkan Šuker had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Harry Higuita. Aro FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Håkan Šuker was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. Honung's attentive Sten Wennersten managed to snatch the ball when Sven-Arne Berglund made a throw-in in the 80th minute of the game. Aro FC's Harry Higuita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Håkan Šuker in the 80th minute of play. Harry Higuita made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Malcolm Lindström sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Honung's Li Ang got a free kick in the 83rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ola Toivonen in the 86th minute of play forced Honung's goalkeeper Aristide Beșliu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Håkan Šuker had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Malcolm Lindström in the 91st minute of play forced Aro FC's goalkeeper Harry Higuita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 94 minutes into the game, one of Aro FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. A collision led to Aro FC getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Yan Shi Jing hit a great ball. The Aro FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Honung were clearly better and deserved to take the win.