Official Cup

Melates Arena
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Christos Papakostopoulos made the kick off which started today's match. MELATES F.C.'s Themos Maridis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonatan Bryngelsson in the 6th minute of play. In the 8th minute of the match Elefanterna got a corner. MELATES F.C.'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Alexander Göransson ran over to the corner to take the kick. When Jonatan Bryngelsson came up free with the goalie in the 11th 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 Jonatan Bryngelsson couldn't finish the play. In the 12th minute, Jonas Jakobsson 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: 0-1. In the 22ndth minute of the game Jonas Jakobsson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but MELATES F.C.'s Themos Maridis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Jonatan Bryngelsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Themos Maridis was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Elefanterna's Ragnar Salkvist got a free kick in the 28th minute. In the 29th play minute Christos Papakostopoulos came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Axel Häll. 1-1. The MELATES F.C. fans' excitement grew in the 32nd match minute when MELATES F.C.'s Christos Papakostopoulos 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 2-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 41 minutes into the match, Elefanterna's goal looked a bit too open when Christos Papakostopoulos came free, but Axel Häll reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The home fans were very happy to see their team 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. Jonatan Bryngelsson was the one to do the kick off. Jonas Jakobsson might have been able to make a better finish in the 55th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Themos Maridis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jonas Jakobsson ran back to his position shaking his head. When Jonas Jakobsson came up free with the goalie in the 58th 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 Jonas Jakobsson couldn't finish the play. When Elefanterna's Jonatan Bryngelsson in the 61st minute got a chance for a shot 61st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye MELATES F.C.'s goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonatan Bryngelsson in the 63rd minute of play forced MELATES F.C.'s goalkeeper Themos Maridis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lennart Busk charged in rather forcefully in the 66th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lennart Busk the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Elefanterna's Lennart Busk got a free kick in the 66th minute. Themos Maridis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonatan Bryngelsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 79th minute, Jonatan Bryngelsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 81st minute, Christos Papakostopoulos 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. After 88 played minutes Jonatan Bryngelsson rounded MELATES F.C.'s defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-2. Jonatan Bryngelsson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 94th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Jonatan Bryngelsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.