Friendly League

Olympia
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Juan Lebron started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zdzislaw Rydzewski in the 3rd minute of play forced Norrlands Athen's goalkeeper Safet Hands to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Safet Hands showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sataporn Snabl in the 5th minute of the match. Safet Hands showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos in the 8th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Måns Sandberg got free with Fabio Santilli in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Fabio Santilli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Måns Sandberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. After 17 minutes KIA KAHA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Filcho Slivkov who took care of the corner kick. In the 18th minute Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos 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. After 23 played minutes Norrlands Athen got a freekick which was hit by Huang Fei Ting. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Juan Lebron in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fabio Santilli saved KIA KAHA from getting behind. Karl-Erik Lind made a great header on KIA KAHA's corner, it was just that Norrlands Athen's Safet Hands managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 31st minute KIA KAHA were awarded a corner. Karl-Erik Lind went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Karl-Erik Lind almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Norrlands Athen's Safet Hands did a great save. Safet Hands showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos in the 41st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Safet Hands prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Safet Hands didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sataporn Snabl went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. A collision led to KIA KAHA getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Stanislaw Modliszewski hit a great ball. KIA KAHA's defense didn't have a chance, in the 46th minute, when Måns Sandberg scored to the left of an out of position Fabio Santilli, making the score, 2-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Sataporn Snabl was the one to do the kick off. Qian Zhen Sheng hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. 53 minutes into the match, Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Norrlands Athen's Safet Hands. Safet Hands was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 61 minutes into the match, Norrlands Athen's goal looked a bit too open when Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos came free, but Safet Hands reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fabio Santilli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juan Lebron, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Norrlands Athen's zone, Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Safet Hands came out of the goal and Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Fabio Santilli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gilbert Hermansson, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pelle Flinck in the 78th minute of play forced Norrlands Athen's goalkeeper Safet Hands to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. KIA KAHA's Fabio Santilli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilbert Hermansson in the 89th minute of play. After 91 minutes, Filcho Slivkov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Norrlands Athen and the KIA KAHA players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of KIA KAHA booed when Norrlands Athen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Filcho Slivkov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fabio Santilli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Calle Bergfelt in the 94th minute of play. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.