Official Cup

Meadow Lane
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Fan Nan Hong started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, Meadow Village's Vidar Markusson got a free kick in the 5th minute. Alex Lundkvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henk Veerman, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Alex Lundkvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Henk Veerman in the 9th minute of the match. Frans Valrot came free with the goalkeeper in the 10th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and David Trulsson could save by the left post. If Matthias Bergkvist had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 13 minutes, Fan Nan Hong mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Älta BK and the Meadow Village players grew even worse after the yellow card. Fan Nan Hong kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. After 14 played minutes Meadow Village got a freekick which was hit by Frans Valrot. In the 14th minute, Meadow Village's Frans Valrot fired away a free kick that almost went in the goal, but it hit the crossbar and went out into the crowd. In the 18th minute, Svante Matsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Meadow Village's Alex Lundkvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Henk Veerman in the 23rd minute of play. David Trulsson made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Kent Gabrielsson sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Älta BK's Alf Bållström got a free kick in the 24th minute. 29 minutes into the match, Meadow Village's goal looked a bit too open when Henk Veerman came free, but Alex Lundkvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Matthias Bergkvist hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. In the 34th minute Henk Veerman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alex Lundkvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 35th match minute, Meadow Village was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kent Gabrielsson to maneuver through the defense. Henk Veerman recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 38th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Kent Gabrielsson to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute Jarbas Sabóia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Trulsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 52 minutes into the match, Meadow Village's goalkeeper Alex Lundkvist had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Henk Veerman. 54 minutes into the match, Älta BK's goal looked a bit too open when Frans Valrot came free, but David Trulsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Frans Valrot in the 54th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck David Trulsson prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Henk Veerman who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 55thth minute tested the skills of Alex Lundkvist when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 60th minute the ball was on its way in behind Meadow Village's goalkeeper Alex Lundkvist, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Älta BK made a substitution. Marko Alströmmer replaced Fan Nan Hong. After 62 minutes Meadow Village's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was John de Jong who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Älta BK's John de Jong to fire away a dangerous shot which Alex Lundkvist despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. David Trulsson came out of the goal in the 64th minute to try and stop a shot by Meadow Village's Matthias Bergkvist. But to his dismay, Matthias Bergkvist quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. The supporters of Meadow Village booed when Älta BK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ahmet Yahya Şamil didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 68th minute, Ahmet Yahya Şamil hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 71st match minute, Meadow Village was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jarbas Sabóia to maneuver through the defense. David Trulsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mårten Termander in the 74th minute of the match. David Trulsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matthias Bergkvist in the 78th minute of the match. Meadow Village's Alex Lundkvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marko Alströmmer in the 82nd minute of play. David Trulsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mårten Termander in the 84th minute of the match. After 84 minutes of play, Meadow Village's Mårten Termander made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. David Trulsson was left in no man's land by his defense there! David Trulsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matthias Bergkvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. David Trulsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frans Valrot, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alex Lundkvist was a little too slow when Jan Vennegoor Of Hesselink got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 90th minute. The score was now 3-1. For all the effort they put into the match, the Älta BK players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Meadow Village.