St James Park
Spectators: 7852 (Terracing: 5890,
Seating: 1806, VIP seats: 156) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jan-Ove Hagberg kicked off to start the match. Jan-Ove Hagberg's late challenge caught a Newcastle United F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jan-Ove Hagberg helped the player get up and apologised. In the 3rd match minute, IFK Vårsta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jan-Ove Hagberg to maneuver through the defense. After 6 minutes, Alf Jespersson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the IFK Vårsta and the Newcastle United F.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 6th match minute, IFK Vårsta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alf Jespersson to maneuver through the defense. Newcastle United F.C.'s Rikard Bergdal shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 7th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Balamir Yürükoğlu but with some difficulty. In the 9th play minute Fábio Brites came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Balamir Yürükoğlu. 2-0. Balamir Yürükoğlu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fábio Brites in the 15th minute of play. 16 minutes into the match, Joakim Vennerlund had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Balamir Yürükoğlu. IFK Vårsta's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joakim Vennerlund was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Balamir Yürükoğlu made a fantastic save in the 20th minute, when Fábio Brites sent off a good shot on target. 23 minutes into the match, IFK Vårsta's goal looked a bit too open when Joakim Vennerlund came free, but Balamir Yürükoğlu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 27 minutes, Fábio Brites made it 4-0 with a short kick to the right side. IFK Vårsta's Balamir Yürükoğlu tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Malte Karlstedt hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. In the 34th minute, Ata Bircan made a precise shot to the right of Balamir Yürükoğlu. IFK Vårsta's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. The supporters of IFK Vårsta booed when Newcastle United F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fahhad Al Herz didn't get a good kick on the ball. IFK Vårsta's defense didn't have a chance, in the 38th minute, when Ata Bircan scored to the left of an out of position Balamir Yürükoğlu, making the score, 6-0. Balamir Yürükoğlu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fábio Brites's shot from short distance in the 41st minute. After a rather tough play, IFK Vårsta's Sven-Oskar Jakobsson got a free kick in the 42nd minute. When Fábio Brites came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the Newcastle United F.C. 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 Fábio Brites couldn't finish the play.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fábio Brites to make the kick off. Balamir Yürükoğlu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fábio Brites in the 56th minute of play. In the 56th minute Ingvar Gregersson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Balamir Yürükoğlu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 57th minute, Joakim Vennerlund left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Newcastle United F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0. Balamir Yürükoğlu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ata Bircan in the 61st minute of the match. Balamir Yürükoğlu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fábio Brites in the 64th minute of the match. Balamir Yürükoğlu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ata Bircan, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. IFK Vårsta's Balamir Yürükoğlu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ata Bircan in the 67th minute of play. In the 73rd minute Ingvar Gregersson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Balamir Yürükoğlu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Malte Karlstedt hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Balamir Yürükoğlu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rikard Bergdal went, in the 81st minute, to the upper right corner, 10-0 was the resulting score. In the 84th minute of the match Newcastle United F.C. got a corner. IFK Vårsta's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Rikard Bergdal ran over to the corner to take the kick. It was a well-played corner which Ata Bircan managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Balamir Yürükoğlu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fábio Brites, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fábio Brites in the 89th minute of play forced IFK Vårsta's goalkeeper Balamir Yürükoğlu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Balamir Yürükoğlu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ata Bircan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sven-Oskar Jakobsson hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Balamir Yürükoğlu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ingvar Gregersson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Newcastle United F.C. booed when IFK Vårsta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Malte Karlstedt didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ata Bircan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 99th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. There was no doubt that Newcastle United F.C. were the better team. Newcastle United F.C.'s players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.
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