Official Cup

Sunken Arena
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) After a rather tough play, The Shadows's Yuma Suzuki got a free kick in the 2nd minute. When the match had gone on for 12 minutes, Ludwig Bock put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Torsten Ljungberg. Kent Törnblom sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 23rd minute, Sune Pilberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Torsten Ljungberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gary Lineker, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. 30 minutes had been played when some careless play by Sunkens Surtröjor's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Yuma Suzuki was slow to take the kick. During this time The Shadows's players had a chance to rest. Yuma Suzuki made a great header on The Shadows's corner, it was just that Sunkens Surtröjor's Torsten Ljungberg managed to reach the ball for a save. Torsten Ljungberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ludwig Bock, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Kent Törnblom blasted a shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Torsten Ljungberg having to make a save. After 39 minutes of play, The Shadows's Gary Lineker made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Torsten Ljungberg was left in no man's land by his defense there! 43 minutes into the game, The Shadows's Gary Lineker nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Torsten Ljungberg made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. If Yuma Suzuki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Emil Rydelius stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The crowd rose to their feet as Gary Lineker kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Torsten Ljungberg. That made the score 0-5 in the 56 minute of play. 61 minutes into the game, The Shadows's Ludwig Bock nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Torsten Ljungberg made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gary Lineker in the 71st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Torsten Ljungberg prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Torsten Ljungberg was a little too slow when Gary Lineker got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 74th minute. The score was now 0-8. Torsten Ljungberg came out of the goal in the 78th minute to try and stop a shot by The Shadows's Thomas Häll. But to his dismay, Thomas Häll quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-9. After some careless play in the Sunkens Surtröjor defense, Ludwig Bock kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Torsten Ljungberg. The Sunkens Surtröjor fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Torsten Ljungberg should have stopped the shot. 86 minutes into the game, Yuma Suzuki cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-11. Torsten Ljungberg was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Yuma Suzuki recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 91st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 95th minute Emil Rydelius shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Östen Röd saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the final whistle sounded The Shadows left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Sunkens Surtröjor.