Challenge

Byske
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Kevin Reid started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes, Xiao Kong mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gloria Steinem Liberty and the Swestars players grew even worse after the yellow card. 7 minutes into the match, Swestars's Sebastian Kielberg sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ben Hazel narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sebastian Kielberg got free with Ben Hazel in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Mikael Jespersson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kevin Reid, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. 30 minutes into the match, Kevin Reid notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Swestars's Mikael Jespersson. Mikael Jespersson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some fancy dribbling in the 36th minute, Olof Lundin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Swestars's supporters rose to their feet, but Olof Lundin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ben Hazel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 37thth minute of the game Kevin Reid who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Swestars's Mikael Jespersson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 39th minute, Stefan Lövkvist got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Ben Hazel was a little too slow when Stefan Lövkvist got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 41st minute. The score was now 2-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Charlie Bocklund made a kick off. In the 53rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Swestars's goalkeeper Mikael Jespersson, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ben Hazel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonny Eriksson in the 54th minute of play. Ben Hazel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Olof Lundin, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. In the 56th minute, Ingvar Ekman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ben Hazel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olof Lundin in the 60th minute of the match. The supporters of Swestars booed when Gloria Steinem Liberty was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Richard Hunter didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ben Hazel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonny Eriksson in the 62nd minute of play. 70 minutes into the game, Jonny Eriksson cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Ben Hazel was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Peter Tracy hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. 76 minutes into the match, Charlie Bocklund had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ben Hazel. Gloria Steinem Liberty's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Charlie Bocklund was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. Sebastian Nyman made in the 79th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Jonny Eriksson immediately put the ball in play. Mikael Jespersson had great luck who in the 83rdth minute grab hold of the ball when Kevin Reid from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Gloria Steinem Liberty's Mark Newman got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mikael Jespersson acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 93rd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Xiao Kong. Christopher Norfolk charged in rather forcefully in the 94th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Christopher Norfolk the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 94th minute, Christopher Norfolk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Swestars's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.