League Play-Off

Råsunda Stadion
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Harald Gråberg got the match started through his kick off. AIK FOTBOLL's Jean-Pascal Bellefeuille got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to AIK FOTBOLL getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Blagojče Michalashvili hit a great ball. In the 10th minute, Gert Haeger reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Lars Berglund. The goal made the score 1-0. Gert Haeger's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 15thth minute, Lars Berglund skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Murjek's Lars Berglund proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Murjek from getting a goal against them. Fabian Ljungberg hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. In the 19th minute, Braulio Castel ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lars Berglund was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. If Gert Haeger had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 27 minutes into the game, Murjek's Anders Beckman nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sven-Oskar Andreasson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. After 30 played minutes Murjek got a freekick which was hit by Harald Gråberg. Victor Valenzuela blasted a shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Lars Berglund having to make a save. Murjek's Lars Berglund proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save Murjek from getting a goal against them. Isak Axelsson hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. In the 40th minute Gert Haeger shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lars Berglund saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lars Berglund made an important save on a dangerous shot by Blagojče Michalashvili in the 42nd minute. 43 minutes into the match, Murjek's goalkeeper Lars Berglund had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Braulio Castel. Lars Berglund showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gert Haeger in the 47th minute of the match. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

AIK FOTBOLL's Manfred Blomkvist was substituted for Victor Valenzuela. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gert Haeger was the one to do the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Gert Haeger managed to get in a good position for a shot. AIK FOTBOLL's supporters rose to their feet, but Gert Haeger was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lars Berglund breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manfred Blomkvist in the 61st minute of play forced Murjek's goalkeeper Lars Berglund to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gert Haeger succeeded in the game's 68th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Braulio Castel in the 77th minute of play forced Murjek's goalkeeper Lars Berglund to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Fabian Ljungberg fell near the penalty area in the 79th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Murjek's protests and gave Fabian Ljungberg a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of AIK FOTBOLL booed when Murjek was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fabian Ljungberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gert Haeger scored 5-1 in the 80th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lars Berglund, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Gert Haeger's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lars Berglund was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. When Braulio Castel came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the AIK FOTBOLL 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 Braulio Castel couldn't finish the play. Braulio Castel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 94th minute, Braulio Castel ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lars Berglund was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-1. AIK FOTBOLL walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.