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Spectators: 7510 (Terracing: 5633, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mark Olsson got the match started through his kick off. Fabrice Caillot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mark Olsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. 5 minutes had been played when some careless play by Stade Ygossais's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Matthias Ekström was slow to take the kick. During this time Firma Barnängen's players had a chance to rest. In the 9th minute, Jean Kahn left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Stade Ygossais fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Rune Söder took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martial Jay, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fabrice Caillot made an important save on a dangerous shot by Filipe Beradze in the 15th minute. In the 21st minute, Adam Belon left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Stade Ygossais fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Fabrice Caillot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mark Olsson in the 27th minute of the match. In the 32nd minute Filipe Beradze shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabrice Caillot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 34 minutes, Humberto Alcaraz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Firma Barnängen's supporters crossed their fingers, but Humberto Alcaraz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martial Jay in the 35th minute of play forced Firma Barnängen's goalkeeper Rune Söder to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 38th minute, Martial Jay hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 38 minutes, Filipe Beradze managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Firma Barnängen's supporters crossed their fingers, but Filipe Beradze was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 40 minutes into the match, Stade Ygossais's goal looked a bit too open when Filipe Beradze came free, but Fabrice Caillot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ciccio Graziani might have been able to make a better finish in the 44th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rune Söder. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ciccio Graziani ran back to his position shaking his head. The supporters of Firma Barnängen booed when Stade Ygossais was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jean-Philippe Barge didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Firma Barnängen players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Stade Ygossais were winning 1-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Martial Jay made a kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Stade Ygossais's goal looked a bit too open when Filipe Beradze came free, but Fabrice Caillot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Firma Barnängen's Harry Andreasson got a free kick in the 57th minute. Omar Yousfi was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 58th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Fabrice Caillot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mark Olsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fabrice Caillot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mark Olsson in the 60th minute of play. Fabrice Caillot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Humberto Alcaraz, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Rune Söder took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martial Jay, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 76 minutes into the match, Jean Kahn had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rune Söder. Firma Barnängen's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jean Kahn was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. After some careless play in the Firma Barnängen defense, Martial Jay kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rune Söder. The Firma Barnängen fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rune Söder should have stopped the shot. With a little luck, Firma Barnängen's Rune Söder got control of the ball when Jean Kahn tried to sneak it across the goal line. Fabrice Caillot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filipe Beradze, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. In the 91st minute Filipe Beradze shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabrice Caillot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Martial Jay scored 1-5 in the 94th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rune Söder, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Stade Ygossais eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.