Official Cup

Savannen
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Hjalmar Hjort took the kick off in the first half of the match. Bajenland's Denis Ifrim got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 5th minute, Wang Bing hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With an all-out effort, Elefanterna's Emil Hägg threw himself towards the right post 13 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Hjalmar Hjort, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The audience thought a goal was coming when Egil Eagle got free with Emil Hägg in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Emil Hägg made a fantastic save in the 15th minute, when Olov Åkesson sent off a good shot on target. Ove Orm took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fresco Sesse, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Egil Eagle's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emil Hägg was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. Emil Hägg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Olov Åkesson in the 22nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fresco Sesse in the 28th minute of play forced Elefanterna's goalkeeper Ove Orm to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Olov Åkesson got free with Emil Hägg in the 29th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Emil Hägg stood somewhat misplaced when Olov Åkesson came free in front of goal and shot 1-0 to the left of him in the 29 minute. When the match clock showed 33 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Denis Ifrim sped through Elefanterna's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ove Orm. Olov Åkesson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Emil Hägg made a huge save. Ove Orm stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fresco Sesse's shot from short distance in the 41st minute. Elefanterna's Ove Orm played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Denis Ifrim in the 43rd minute of play. Rikard Ripa's late challenge caught a Bajenland's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rikard Ripa helped the player get up and apologised. Rikard Ripa hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Denis Ifrim recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 45th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, Elefanterna's Rickard Hjälm got a free kick in the 46th minute. Emil Hägg didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Olov Åkesson went, in the 48th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fresco Sesse stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Fresco Sesse's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 53rdth minute, Ove Orm skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 55th match minute, Elefanterna was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Deng Mo to maneuver through the defense. With his leg Ove Orm managed to avoid a goal in the 57thth minute, when Bajenland's Fresco Sesse fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Olov Åkesson scored 3-1 in the 58th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Emil Hägg, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Fresco Sesse's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Ove Orm firmly grabbed it by the left post. 62 minutes into the match, Bajenland's goal looked a bit too open when Olov Åkesson came free, but Emil Hägg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fresco Sesses short, quick shot in the 69thth minute got Ove Orm to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After taking down the ball on Bajenland's corner Jonathan Lindsten fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ove Orm quite easily take care of the ball. 80 minutes into the match, Elefanterna's goal looked a bit too open when Denis Ifrim came free, but Ove Orm reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Denis Ifrim got free with Ove Orm in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Hjalmar Hjort came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the Elefanterna fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Hjalmar Hjort couldn't finish the play. In the 87th minute, Egil Eagle left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Elefanterna fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. Emil Hägg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Egil Eagle in the 89th minute of play. Elefanterna's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Rickard Hjälm in the 90th minute. Emil Hägg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hjalmar Hjort in the 92nd minute of the match. In the 96th minute Denis Ifrim shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ove Orm saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Elefanterna fans cheered their team off the field, for while Bajenland had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.