Friendly League

Ryttarvallen
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Erubiel Justin took the kick off in the first half of the match. 12 minutes into the game, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Erubiel Justin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Patrik Linqvist made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Patrik Linqvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maicon Pontes in the 17th minute of the match. 19 minutes into the match, Ryttartorpets FF's goal looked a bit too open when Lindi Mena came free, but Patrik Linqvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Patrik Linqvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lindi Mena in the 20th minute of the match. 25 minutes into the match, Ryttartorpets FF's goal looked a bit too open when Maicon Pontes came free, but Patrik Linqvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gottfrid Backlund received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Meelis Vananurm tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Erubiel Justin in the 31st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Patrik Linqvist prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 32 minutes into the match, Ryttartorpets FF's goal looked a bit too open when Maicon Pontes came free, but Patrik Linqvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Meelis Vananurm made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Taco Oldenborger in the 34th minute of play. Meelis Vananurm made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gottfrid Backlund in the 36th minute of play. Maicon Pontes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Patrik Linqvist tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 43 minutes into the game, Gottfrid Backlund recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Meelis Vananurm. Gottfrid Backlund showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-1. After a rather tough play, Ryttartorpets FF's Gottfrid Backlund got a free kick in the 48th minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gottfrid Backlund to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute Gottfrid Backlund shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Meelis Vananurm saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Patrik Linqvist managed to avoid a goal in the 53rdth minute, when ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Maicon Pontes fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 57 minutes into the match, Ryttartorpets FF's goalkeeper Patrik Linqvist had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Erubiel Justin. 59 minutes into the match, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's goal looked a bit too open when Gottfrid Backlund came free, but Meelis Vananurm reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Meelis Vananurm played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ren Smuts in the 61st minute of play. Taco Oldenborger hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. In the 62nd minute of the match, Maicon Pontes tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Patrik Linqvist saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Patrik Linqvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erubiel Justin in the 69th minute of play. A collision led to Ryttartorpets FF getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. David Bergman hit a great ball. In the 74th match minute, Ryttartorpets FF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gottfrid Backlund to maneuver through the defense. An unexpected shot in the 75th minute by Erubiel Justin got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Patrik Linqvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcelo Abreu in the 77th minute of play. 78 minutes into the match, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's goal looked a bit too open when Jens-Ola Bock came free, but Meelis Vananurm reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 80th minute of the match Ryttartorpets FF got a corner. ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Taco Oldenborger ran over to the corner to take the kick. After a rather tough play, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Gani Rikap got a free kick in the 81st minute. In the 82nd minute, Mieszko Wielgopolski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Meelis Vananurm took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hubert Gruber, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 85th minute, Maicon Pontes made a precise shot to the right of Patrik Linqvist. Ryttartorpets FF's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Meelis Vananurm showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hubert Gruber in the 88th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Erubiel Justin got free with Patrik Linqvist in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Jonny Olofsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Patrik Linqvist didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Wasyl Zgonina went, in the 97th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.