League

THE RATHOUZE!
Spectators: 7838 (Terracing: 5880, Seating: 1802, VIP seats: 156) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mariano Basualdo got the match started through his kick off. In the 7th minute Marcus Edström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erik Malmgren saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 11th minute, Marcus Edström made a precise shot to the right of Erik Malmgren. Blunts United's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Hjalmar Lidström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thomas Browall in the 15th minute of the match. Hjalmar Lidström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Magnus Abrahamsson in the 19th minute of play. 22 minutes into the match, Matthias Holmgren dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Erik Malmgren, 2-0. Marcus Edström who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 25thth minute tested the skills of Erik Malmgren when he managed to save the team from getting behind. cAnDyRaTz!'s Hjalmar Lidström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Morgan Arenberg in the 26th minute of play. 28 minutes into the match, cAnDyRaTz!'s goal looked a bit too open when Mariano Basualdo came free, but Hjalmar Lidström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Erik Malmgren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcus Edström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marcus Edström's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 30thth minute, Erik Malmgren skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Marcus Edström's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 34thth minute, Erik Malmgren skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. If Matthias Holmgren had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 36 played minutes Blunts United got a freekick which was hit by Fredrik Lenberg. Erik Malmgren didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marcus Edström went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. 40 minutes into the match, Blunts United's goalkeeper Erik Malmgren had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marcus Edström. Fredrik Lenberg kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. cAnDyRaTz!'s Matthias Holmgren got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. cAnDyRaTz!'s Hjalmar Lidström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Magnus Abrahamsson in the 46th 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 3-0.

The wind increased when Marcus Edström made the kick off in the second half. 57 minutes into the match, Jens-Ola Lund notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of Blunts United's Erik Malmgren. Erik Malmgren was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Erik Malmgren came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by cAnDyRaTz!'s Matthias Holmgren. But to his dismay, Matthias Holmgren quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. 64 minutes into the game, Morgan Arenberg threw the ball into play from the sideline. cAnDyRaTz!'s Ture Holm quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Marcus Edström in the 67th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Erik Malmgren saved Blunts United from getting behind. 69 minutes into the match, Marcus Edström had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Erik Malmgren. Blunts United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marcus Edström was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. Erik Malmgren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matthias Holmgren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Blunts United's Erik Malmgren played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matthias Holmgren in the 78th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcus Edström in the 79th minute of play forced Blunts United's goalkeeper Erik Malmgren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcus Edström fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Erik Malmgren having to interfere. Erik Malmgren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcus Edström in the 84th minute of the match. 85 minutes had been played when some careless play by Blunts United's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ragnar Eliasson was slow to take the kick. During this time cAnDyRaTz!'s players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Stig-Ove Söder managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. 95 minutes into the game, Magnus Abrahamsson was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Blunts United's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave cAnDyRaTz! the free kick. After a rather tough play, Blunts United's Magnus Abrahamsson got a free kick in the 95th minute. cAnDyRaTz!'s supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.