Friendly League

Power Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Strib Galacticos IF's Thorstein Loller proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save Strib Galacticos IF from getting a goal against them. Hagbard Ribov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Arturo Marziali tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Strib Galacticos IF's Halfdan Hornegaard in the 14th minute got a chance for a shot 14th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye PowerHawKings's goalie prevented a goal. In the 19th minute, Emiliano Cesaroni reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Thorstein Loller. The goal made the score 2-0. Tejs Varias hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. In the 26th minute, Strib Galacticos IF's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Gerry Scotti fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 28th match minute, Strib Galacticos IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Timo Rokmann to maneuver through the defense. Alvise Di Berardino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Halfdan Hornegaard received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Arturo Marziali tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 33 minutes into the game, Alvise Di Berardino was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. PowerHawKings's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Strib Galacticos IF the free kick. After a defensive mix-up in PowerHawKings's zone, Halfdan Hornegaard stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Arturo Marziali came out of the goal and Halfdan Hornegaard tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 40th minute, Alvise Di Berardino left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The PowerHawKings fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. 43 minutes into the match, Strib Galacticos IF's goalkeeper Thorstein Loller had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Emiliano Cesaroni. Gerry Scotti took the ball and in the 45 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Thorstein Loller. Thorstein Loller dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Halfdan Hornegaard stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute Halfdan Hornegaard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arturo Marziali saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 54th minute, Davide Preda hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 56 minutes into the match, Gerry Scotti had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Thorstein Loller. Strib Galacticos IF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gerry Scotti was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. The crowd rose to their feet as Strib Galacticos IF's Hagbard Ribov slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Arturo Marziali. That made the score 5-1 after 59 minutes of play. In the 62nd minute Alvise Di Berardino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thorstein Loller saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 63 minutes into the match, Strib Galacticos IF's goal looked a bit too open when Alvise Di Berardino came free, but Thorstein Loller reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 6-1 became the score in the 66th minute when Gerry Scotti elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. After 69 played minutes Strib Galacticos IF got a freekick which was hit by Hagbard Ribov. Thorstein Loller made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerry Scotti in the 72nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Halfdan Hornegaard in the 76th minute of play forced PowerHawKings's goalkeeper Arturo Marziali to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Arturo Marziali managed to avoid a goal in the 78thth minute, when Strib Galacticos IF's Hagbard Ribov fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 78th minute, Frank Ciraci hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 81 minutes of play, PowerHawKings's Alvise Di Berardino made it 7-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Thorstein Loller was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gerry Scotti scored 8-1 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Thorstein Loller, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some careless play in the Strib Galacticos IF defense, Emiliano Cesaroni kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Thorstein Loller. The Strib Galacticos IF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Thorstein Loller should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Gerry Scotti's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thorstein Loller was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. PowerHawKings had won after a very even match.