Prized/Friendly Cup

Emirates Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Clement Rothstein started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 2nd minute Laurenzo Wagner shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patrick Knechtli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nikola Portner showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Salomo Montandon, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. A collision led to Olympique Fribourg getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Fred Stutz hit a great ball. The supporters of Espen Steelers booed when Olympique Fribourg was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Salomo Montandon didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nikola Portner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Florian Plouffe in the 23rd minute of play. Patrick Knechtli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Laurenzo Wagner, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. The supporters of Olympique Fribourg booed when Espen Steelers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lenny Rubin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nikola Portner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Florian Plouffe in the 30th minute of play. Olympique Fribourg were awarded a corner in the 32th minute after Espen Steelers's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Schroeder took the corner. The corner ended in Daniel Schroeder almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Espen Steelers's Nikola Portner did a great save. After a rather tough play, Espen Steelers's Dominik Sauerberg got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Nikola Portner came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Olympique Fribourg's Raik Topuz. But to his dismay, Raik Topuz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Laurenzo Wagner hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. Espen Steelers's Fabian Schär was substituted for Laurenzo Wagner. Laurenzo Wagner hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Raik Topuz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Espen Steelers's Nikola Portner proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 51st minute of the match, managed to save Espen Steelers from getting a goal against them. Raik Topuz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 53rd minute of the match, but Nikola Portner made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Espen Steelers's Lenny Rubin got a free kick in the 55th minute. The supporters of Olympique Fribourg booed when Espen Steelers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lenny Rubin didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 60 played minutes Espen Steelers got a freekick which was hit by Giancarlo Weissmuller. 61 minutes into the match, Olympique Fribourg's Daniel Schroeder broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. After a rather tough play, Olympique Fribourg's Salomo Montandon got a free kick in the 64th minute. After 65 played minutes Espen Steelers got a freekick which was hit by Alex Ioneasa. Espen Steelers's Klaas Frei was substituted for Fidel Righetti. In the 66th minute, Alex Ioneasa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Olympique Fribourg's Florian Plouffe got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nikola Portner made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Medero Gadea sent off a good shot on target. 79 minutes had been played when some careless play by Espen Steelers's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Marcellus Walpert was slow to take the kick. During this time Olympique Fribourg's players had a chance to rest. In the 80th minute Olympique Fribourg were awarded a corner. Marcellus Walpert went to the cornerflag to take it. If Raik Topuz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 89 minutes into the game, Marcellus Walpert was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Olympique Fribourg's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Espen Steelers the free kick. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 88th minute of the game. One of Olympique Fribourg:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Espen Steelers:s goal. The referee gave Espen Steelers a penalty, 90 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Fabian Schär, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Olympique Fribourg's Patrick Knechtli. 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dominik Sauerberg in the 92nd minute of play forced Olympique Fribourg's goalkeeper Patrick Knechtli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Fabio Poffet fell near the penalty area in the 93rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Olympique Fribourg's protests and gave Fabio Poffet a yellow card for diving instead. In the 95th match minute, Espen Steelers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lenny Rubin to maneuver through the defense. Nikola Portner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raik Topuz in the 96th minute of the match.