League

Bussens Arena
Spectators: 7706 (Terracing: 5781, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Norberto Aulestia started the match with the kick off. FC Cucumber were awarded a corner in the 8th minute after No Gravity FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Emil Tingberg took the corner. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ludwig Kullander in the 12th minute of play forced FC Cucumber's goalkeeper Orvar Mikaelsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The throw-in from Herbert Sjöö in the 13th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by No Gravity FC's Douglas Wall. In the 17th minute, Ludwig Kullander left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The No Gravity FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. When Christer Bivall fell near the penalty area in the 22nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored No Gravity FC's protests and gave Christer Bivall a yellow card for diving instead. After 24 played minutes No Gravity FC got a freekick which was hit by Jens-Erik Kjellman. 32 minutes into the match, No Gravity FC's goal looked a bit too open when Norberto Aulestia came free, but Gunnar Martinsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Norberto Aulestia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 35th minute Carmine Bomba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gunnar Martinsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 36 minutes into the match, Norberto Aulestia notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of No Gravity FC's Gunnar Martinsson. Gunnar Martinsson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gunnar Martinsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carmine Bomba, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. In the 43rd minute, Carmine Bomba 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. In the 46th minute, Torsten Sjöberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gunnar Martinsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Norberto Aulestia in the 48th minute of the match. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ludwig Kullander made a kick off. In the 52nd minute, Marc Berg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 57 minutes of play, FC Cucumber's Norberto Aulestia made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gunnar Martinsson was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gunnar Martinsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Norberto Aulestia, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. If Norberto Aulestia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Gunnar Martinsson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Norberto Aulestia in the 66th minute. FC Cucumber made a substitution. Andreas Hamberg replaced Marc Berg. Herbert Sjöö made in the 69th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Emil Tingberg. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Norberto Aulestia in the 75th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gunnar Martinsson prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 77 minutes into the match, Carmine Bomba had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gunnar Martinsson. No Gravity FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Carmine Bomba was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. FC Cucumber made a substitution. Filiph Dalman replaced Herbert Sjöö. 82 minutes into the match, Norberto Aulestia had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gunnar Martinsson. No Gravity FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Norberto Aulestia was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-5. Norberto Aulestia succeeded in the game's 87th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-6. 90 minutes into the match, No Gravity FC's goalkeeper Gunnar Martinsson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Carmine Bomba. In the 92nd minute FC Cucumber were awarded a corner. Emil Tingberg went to the cornerflag to take it. Carmine Bomba received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Gunnar Martinsson came out and tried to block the shot, but Carmine Bomba slotted it home off the left post making it 1-7 in the 94th minute. When the match was over FC Cucumber could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than No Gravity FC throughout the match.