Official Cup

Vallentuna Arena
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Conny Kvist started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Don Malbec's goalkeeper Aurelio Astudillo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Conny Kvist. Julio Urko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Jonathan Löfdahl tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 11 minutes of play, Don Malbec's Julio Urko made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Löfdahl was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 13th minute, Julio Urko made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Löfdahl. Vallentuna Kickers's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Julio Urko scored 0-3 in the 16th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Löfdahl, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 19th minute Conny Kvist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aurelio Astudillo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aurelio Astudillo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Richard Gerdberg in the 21st minute. Armando Paredes took the ball and in the 24 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Löfdahl. Jonathan Löfdahl dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Conny Kvist could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Aurelio Astudillo made a huge save. After some careless play in the Vallentuna Kickers defense, Julio Urko kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonathan Löfdahl. The Vallentuna Kickers fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonathan Löfdahl should have stopped the shot.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Julio Urko to strike the kick off in the second half. Aurelio Astudillo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Per-Olof Kvalfält's shot from short distance in the 61st minute. In the 63rd minute of the match Vallentuna Kickers got a corner. Don Malbec's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joachim Lindgren ran over to the corner to take the kick. Jonathan Löfdahl was out of position in the 65 minute of play, and Julian Distiratsu capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Julian Distiratsu really showed his touch with that goal: 0-6. An unexpectedly hard shot by Per-Olof Kvalfält in the 68th minute of play forced Don Malbec's goalkeeper Aurelio Astudillo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 73 played minutes Don Malbec got a freekick which was hit by Antonio Delfino. Aurelio Astudillo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Per-Olof Kvalfält, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Don Malbec booed when Vallentuna Kickers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sven Bergkvist didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jonathan Löfdahl stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Julio Urko's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. After 85 played minutes Vallentuna Kickers got a freekick which was hit by Richard Gerdberg. In the 88th minute, Sven Bergkvist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. André Kjellman's late challenge caught a Don Malbec's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. André Kjellman helped the player get up and apologised. After 95 played minutes Vallentuna Kickers got a freekick which was hit by André Kjellman. The long shot by Julio Urko in the 95th minute really tested Jonathan Löfdahl's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Don Malbec eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.