Official Cup

A Gentle Touch Arena
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Torbjörn Hake started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute Torbjörn Hake shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcus Svanér saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by Eleven Nation Army's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ulf Kling was slow to take the kick. During this time Kingpins's players had a chance to rest. In the 14th minute Victorino Euloxu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcus Svanér saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victorino Euloxu in the 14th minute of play forced Eleven Nation Army's goalkeeper Marcus Svanér to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eleven Nation Army's Marcus Svanér played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victorino Euloxu in the 17th minute of play. A collision led to Kingpins getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Ke Cheng Yun hit a great ball. After 24 minutes of play, Eleven Nation Army's Sune Nilsson made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bixente Poli was left in no man's land by his defense there! 27 minutes into the match, Eleven Nation Army's goal looked a bit too open when Torbjörn Hake came free, but Marcus Svanér reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 29th minute, Karl-Magnus Spetz reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Bixente Poli. The goal made the score 3-0. Marcus Svanér took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Torbjörn Hake, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kingpins were awarded a corner in the 38th minute after Eleven Nation Army's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ulf Kling took the corner. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sven Uter got free with Bixente Poli in the 40th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Eleven Nation Army's Marcus Svanér played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Torbjörn Hake in the 48th minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

Kingpins's Pål Hammarström was substituted for Victorino Euloxu. 53 minutes into the game, Karl-Magnus Spetz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-1. Bixente Poli was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A throw-in in the 55th minute of the game was made by Tomas Thorsberg with Leo Fernström as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Tomas Thorsberg got a throw-in 62 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Sune Nilsson. After 64 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Eleven Nation Army! Eleven Nation Army:s Marcus Svanér showed great skill when he stopped Ulf Kling:s penalty. In the 79th match minute, Eleven Nation Army was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sven Uter to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Eleven Nation Army defense, Yan Guo Qiang kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marcus Svanér. The Eleven Nation Army fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marcus Svanér should have stopped the shot. 89 minutes into the match, Kingpins's goal looked a bit too open when Sven Uter came free, but Bixente Poli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 90th minute Yan Guo Qiang shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcus Svanér saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eleven Nation Army's Marcus Svanér played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yan Guo Qiang in the 92nd minute of play. In the 93rd minute of the match Kingpins got a corner. Eleven Nation Army's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ulf Kling ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Yan Guo Qiang got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marcus Svanér quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Eleven Nation Army had won after a very even match.