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Cranz Arena
Spectators: 7587 (Terracing: 5691, Seating: 1745, VIP seats: 151) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Arne Hääger made the kick off which started today's match. After 4 minutes, Valentin Lägdin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Grillby and the Crans-Montana players grew even worse after the yellow card. When Knut Bengtsson fell near the penalty area in the 6th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Crans-Montana's protests and gave Knut Bengtsson a yellow card for diving instead. In the 6th minute, Knut Bengtsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 9th minute, one of Crans-Montana:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Crans-Montana. Samuel Björkman scored 1-1 in the 16th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aron Finsberg, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Marko Höijer kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Grillby's zone, Fredric Jonsson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aron Finsberg came out of the goal and Fredric Jonsson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Crans-Montana's Zebastian Sandberg got a free kick in the 23rd minute. In the 24th minute, Arne Hääger 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. Jimmy Blom showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marko Höijer, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. After 26 minutes of play Crans-Montana's Knut Bengtsson was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 28 minutes into the match, Grillby's Herman Holm sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jimmy Blom narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Aron Finsberg was a little too slow when Fredric Jonsson got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 34th minute. The score was now 2-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 36th minute, Fredric Jonsson managed to get in a good position for a shot. Crans-Montana's supporters rose to their feet, but Fredric Jonsson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aron Finsberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Zebastian Sandberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 44thth minute of the game Hugo Jonasson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Grillby's Aron Finsberg was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

In the 53rd minute, Axel Knutsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Grillby's Marko Höijer slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jimmy Blom. That made the score 3-2 after 54 minutes of play. With a little luck, Crans-Montana's Jimmy Blom got control of the ball when Marko Höijer tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 59th match minute, Grillby was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valentin Lägdin to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marko Höijer got free with Jimmy Blom in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Axel Knutsson came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Crans-Montana fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Axel Knutsson couldn't finish the play. Sven-Erik Söderman hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Jimmy Blom took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentin Lägdin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jimmy Blom was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Arne Hääger showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-3 in the 79 minute of play. Fredric Jonsson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 82nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Aron Finsberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fredric Jonsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hugo Jonasson in the 85th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aron Finsberg saved Grillby from getting behind. Aron Finsberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fredric Jonsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. After a rather tough play, Crans-Montana's Sven-Ove Vinström got a free kick in the 87th minute. When Valentin Lägdin was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 89 minutes had been played. Jimmy Blom made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marko Höijer in the 92nd minute. Aron Finsberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fredric Jonsson in the 94th minute of play. Aron Finsberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fredric Jonsson in the 95th minute of play.