League Play-Off

AssA arena
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Christian Kilström started the match with the kick off. Claude Makélélé fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Henry Mattsson having to interfere. After 4 played minutes IFK Gladdarna got a freekick which was hit by Calle Glader. 8 minutes into the game, Oskar Uggla was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ekhagens IF's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave IFK Gladdarna the free kick. After a rather tough play, Ekhagens IF's Oskar Uggla got a free kick in the 8th minute. Elliot Lindström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christer Salqvist in the 12th minute of the match. After 14 played minutes IFK Gladdarna got a freekick which was hit by Anders Gunnarsson. 16 minutes into the match, Ekhagens IF's Christer Salqvist sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Elliot Lindström narrowly saved just below the crossbar. IFK Gladdarna's Elliot Lindström proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save IFK Gladdarna from getting a goal against them. After 19 minutes, Christian Kilström made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. IFK Gladdarna's Elliot Lindström tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Numan Tayguner in the 22nd minute of play forced IFK Gladdarna's goalkeeper Elliot Lindström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Henry Mattsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gert Söderberg in the 26th minute of play. Elliot Lindström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christian Kilström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the IFK Gladdarna defense, Numan Tayguner kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Elliot Lindström. The IFK Gladdarna fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Elliot Lindström should have stopped the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Christian Kilström got free with Elliot Lindström in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Elliot Lindström didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Ekhagens IF's Christian Kilström shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Henry Mattsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zizou Zidane in the 38th minute of the match. 42 minutes into the game, Christian Kilström cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Elliot Lindström was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Elliot Lindström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christer Salqvist in the 45th minute of the match. Christian Kilström in the 46thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Elliot Lindström, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After 47 played minutes IFK Gladdarna got a freekick which was hit by Zizou Zidane. The supporters of Ekhagens IF booed when IFK Gladdarna was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 48 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zizou Zidane didn't get a good kick on the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gert Söderberg to make the kick off. A collision led to Ekhagens IF getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Oskar Uggla hit a great ball. With his leg Henry Mattsson managed to avoid a goal in the 54thth minute, when IFK Gladdarna's Gert Söderberg fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Elliot Lindström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isaac Löfgren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Elliot Lindström came out of the goal in the 58th minute to try and stop a shot by Ekhagens IF's Christian Kilström. But to his dismay, Christian Kilström quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. Isaac Löfgren sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 63 played minutes IFK Gladdarna got a freekick which was hit by Anders Gunnarsson. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gert Söderberg got free with Henry Mattsson in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 68 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ekhagens IF's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Calle Glader was slow to take the kick. During this time IFK Gladdarna's players had a chance to rest. Ekhagens IF's Nils Säv managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Benjamin Bållström in the 70 minute of the game. After 71 minutes of play, Ekhagens IF's Christer Salqvist made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Elliot Lindström was left in no man's land by his defense there! Christian Kilström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Elliot Lindström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jonas Hellström during the 77th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, IFK Gladdarna's Jonas Hellström got a free kick in the 78th minute. With a little luck, Ekhagens IF's Henry Mattsson got control of the ball when Zizou Zidane tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 86th minute, Christian Kilström ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Elliot Lindström was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-0. When the referee ended the match the Ekhagens IF players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.