Official Cup

Queen Arena
Spectators: 155 (Terracing: 117, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cristian Guguianu took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd match minute, FC Mackan United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robin Tillman to maneuver through the defense. Damian Vieru came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Mackan United's Kjell-Arne Hedin. But to his dismay, Kjell-Arne Hedin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 8th match minute, FC Mackan United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jakob Sundberg to maneuver through the defense. 13 minutes into the match, FC Mackan United's goalkeeper Olof Rosén had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cristian Guguianu. In the 14th minute, Cristian Guguianu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Emerald fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. A collision led to FC Mackan United getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Kjell-Arne Hedin hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Emerald's Cristian Guguianu got a free kick in the 18th minute. In the 21st minute, Emerald's Dragoş Sălcudeanu dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. Olof Rosén made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dragoş Sălcudeanu in the 24th minute of play. In the 27th minute Cristian Guguianu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Olof Rosén saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 30th minute, Costin Frânculescu sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and FC Mackan United's Olof Rosén didn't even have to move. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dragoş Sălcudeanu in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Olof Rosén saved FC Mackan United from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Emerald's Cristian Guguianu got a free kick in the 34th minute. A collision led to Emerald getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Marin Nicodim hit a great ball. FC Mackan United's Mårten Nordstedt couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 37th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Emerald. Dragoş Sălcudeanu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Olof Rosén tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Axel Björck took the ball and in the 41 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Damian Vieru. Damian Vieru dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Robin Tillman stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute, Axel Björck reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Damian Vieru. The goal made the score 2-3. Olof Rosén showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Guguianu, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 62nd minute, Marin Nicodim managed to get in a good position for a shot. Emerald's supporters rose to their feet, but Marin Nicodim was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Olof Rosén breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Axel Björck succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-4 in the 65th playminute. Damian Vieru took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robin Tillman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Olof Rosén took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nistor Stanciu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 76th minute, Iacob Armanca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kjell-Arne Hedin scored 2-5 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Damian Vieru, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a little luck, Emerald's Damian Vieru got control of the ball when Edmund Alfors tried to sneak it across the goal line. Thanks to some nice moves Kjell-Arne Hedin could shoot a difficult shot in the 91st minute, which Damian Vieru however easily saved by the left post. After a rather tough play, Emerald's Iacob Armanca got a free kick in the 91st minute. An unexpected shot in the 94th minute by Axel Björck got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. With a little luck, Emerald's Damian Vieru got control of the ball when Axel Björck tried to sneak it across the goal line. The FC Mackan United players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.