League Play-Off

Colosseum
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Stig-Arne Mattsson took the kick off in the first half of the match. The supporters of Abbekås RK booed when Vallvik BK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Östen Söderström didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 5 played minutes Vallvik BK got a freekick which was hit by Egon Gadd. An unexpectedly hard shot by Simon Danielsson in the 6th minute of play forced Vallvik BK's goalkeeper Alex Ekelund to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Simon Andersson's late challenge caught a Vallvik BK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Simon Andersson helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Abbekås RK's Simon Andersson got a free kick in the 9th minute. Stig-Arne Mattsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Vallvik BK's Alex Ekelund played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Simon Danielsson in the 15th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gert Asplund got free with Alex Ekelund in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 17th match minute, Vallvik BK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Östen Söderström to maneuver through the defense. Simon Danielsson got in the 22nd a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Alex Ekelund handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. Abbekås RK's Gert Asplund got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Simon Danielsson succeeded in the game's 27th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. Gert Asplund received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Alex Ekelund came out and tried to block the shot, but Gert Asplund slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 32nd minute. Simon Danielsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alex Ekelund having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Simon Danielsson managed to get in a good position for a shot. Abbekås RK's supporters rose to their feet, but Simon Danielsson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alex Ekelund breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Frans Apelqvist sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpected shot in the 48th minute by Gert Asplund got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Alex Ekelund showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Simon Danielsson in the 55th minute of the match. After 58 minutes, Simon Danielsson made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. Vallvik BK's Alex Ekelund tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Gert Asplund fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alex Ekelund having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Simon Danielsson managed to get in a good position for a shot. Abbekås RK's supporters rose to their feet, but Simon Danielsson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alex Ekelund breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Gert Asplund sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Abbekås RK booed when Vallvik BK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lennart Fridlund didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 70th minute, Lennart Fridlund hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 71st minute of the match Ragnar Hägert sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Alex Ekelund skillfully saved the ball. Björn Östlund kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. Simon Danielsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 76 minutes of play Vallvik BK's Björn Östlund 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. A collision led to Vallvik BK getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Björn Östlund hit a great ball. If Simon Danielsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 82nd match minute, Vallvik BK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lennart Fridlund to maneuver through the defense. Gert Asplund might have been able to make a better finish in the 91st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Alex Ekelund. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gert Asplund ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 94th minute the ball was on its way in behind Vallvik BK's goalkeeper Alex Ekelund, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Abbekås RK's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.