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Hallstahammar IP
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Jens-Ove Nordkvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sreten Popovic, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Sven Hägglunds short, quick shot in the 18thth minute got Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Sven Hägglunds short, quick shot in the 18thth minute got Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 22nd minute, Sven Hägglund reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. The goal made the score 1-1. In the 31st minute, Ingemar Olsman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Serbia's Borjan Golubovic quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Tomas Wallgren, made in the 33rd minute of the game. Serbia's Miljan Gavrilovic quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Stefan Giöck, made in the 35th minute of the game. Borjan Golubovic fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jens-Ove Nordkvist having to interfere. In the 42nd minute, Borjan Golubovic 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. Borjan Golubovic blasted a shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jens-Ove Nordkvist having to make a save. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Sven Hägglund to strike the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Serbia's goal looked a bit too open when Sven Hägglund came free, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Sreten Popovic came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the Serbia 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 Sreten Popovic couldn't finish the play. In the 59th match minute, Hallstahammar IK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Michael Nordin to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Serbia's zone, Sven Hägglund stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic came out of the goal and Sven Hägglund tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sven Hägglund in the 67th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 69 minutes, Sven Hägglund put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sven Hägglund, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Stig-Åke Termander struck a weak shot in the 81st minute. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Hallstahammar IK. After 89 played minutes Hallstahammar IK got a freekick which was hit by Stig-Åke Termander. After 96 minutes of play, Hallstahammar IK's Sven Hägglund made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was left in no man's land by his defense there!