Official Cup

P. Strömberg Arena
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Edgar Marques got the match started through his kick off. Étoile Sportive Du Sahel's Fabrício Rivarola quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Sungur Tekin, made in the 4th minute of the game. In the 6th minute Edgar Marques shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eric Soned saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eric Soned stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Edgar Marques's shot from short distance in the 9th minute. 14 minutes into the match, Nickolai Nickerson notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of PP Plessydask's Jan Abrahamsson. Jan Abrahamsson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 18th minute, Valentin Elg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 20 minutes into the match, Étoile Sportive Du Sahel's goal looked a bit too open when Edgar Marques came free, but Eric Soned reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Edgar Marques blasted a shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Eric Soned having to make a save. The audience was convinced that Edgar Marques's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eric Soned was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edgar Marques in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eric Soned saved Étoile Sportive Du Sahel from getting behind. PP Plessydask's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Artemio Lastur in the 27th minute. The corner led PP Plessydask's Mustafa Jamil to fire away a dangerous shot which Eric Soned despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 29th minute of the match PP Plessydask got a corner. Étoile Sportive Du Sahel's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Artemio Lastur ran over to the corner to take the kick. PP Plessydask's Artemio Lastur was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Eric Soned in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. When Étoile Sportive Du Sahel's Nickolai Nickerson in the 40th minute got a chance for a shot 40th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye PP Plessydask's goalie prevented a goal. After 43 played minutes Étoile Sportive Du Sahel got a freekick which was hit by Allan Olofsson. After the first half Étoile Sportive Du Sahel were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

PP Plessydask made a substitution. Palle Pottenstein replaced Per-Oskar Sandström. Étoile Sportive Du Sahel made a substitution. Per-Arne Gunnarsson replaced Rei Bolas. Hjalmar Haegg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Eric Soned tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 55th minute Nickolai Nickerson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jan Abrahamsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hjalmar Haegg in the 63rd minute of play forced Étoile Sportive Du Sahel's goalkeeper Eric Soned to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 69 minutes had been played when some careless play by PP Plessydask's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Vladimir Capixaba was slow to take the kick. During this time Étoile Sportive Du Sahel's players had a chance to rest. Jan Abrahamsson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nickolai Nickerson went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Étoile Sportive Du Sahel made a substitution. Carlo Ancelotti replaced Nickolai Nickerson. In the 79th minute, Étoile Sportive Du Sahel's Per-Arne Gunnarsson seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Per-Arne Gunnarsson the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Étoile Sportive Du Sahel protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Per-Arne Gunnarsson had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 79th minute of the game. One of Étoile Sportive Du Sahel:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of PP Plessydask:s goal. Eric Soned had in the 81stth minute some difficulties stopping Babe Baadegaard's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 81 minutes into the game, Babe Baadegaard cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Eric Soned was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Eric Soned showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hjalmar Haegg in the 87th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Hjalmar Haegg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eric Soned was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. In the 90th minute PP Plessydask were awarded a corner. Artemio Lastur went to the cornerflag to take it. It was a well-played corner which Palle Pottenstein managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. 95 minutes into the match, PP Plessydask's goal looked a bit too open when Carlo Ancelotti came free, but Jan Abrahamsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 98th match minute, Étoile Sportive Du Sahel was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carlo Ancelotti to maneuver through the defense. Babe Baadegaard sent away a hard shot on goal in the 100th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The PP Plessydask supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Étoile Sportive Du Sahel's performance. The match ended with a win for Étoile Sportive Du Sahel.