League Play-Off

Landvetter Stadion
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Joel Berg took the kick off in the first half of the match. Joel Berg succeeded in the game's 8th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. 14 minutes into the match, Tim Pihlberg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bo Bäckström. Vårby's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tim Pihlberg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Vårby's Bo Bäckström proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save Vårby from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Joel Berg kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Bo Bäckström. That made the score 3-0 in the 19 minute of play. Joel Berg did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 4-0 to the left of a surprised Bo Bäckström 25 minutes into the match. Bo Bäckström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Berg in the 31st minute of play. When Oliver Brovall fell near the penalty area in the 33rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Vårby's protests and gave Oliver Brovall a yellow card for diving instead. Oliver Brovall kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Vårby's zone, Tim Pihlberg stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bo Bäckström came out of the goal and Tim Pihlberg tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 38th match minute, Vårby was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roland Gustavsson to maneuver through the defense. Håkan Runberg scored 4-1 in the 40th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mats Hökkvist, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 45 minutes of play, Lansap Timber's Tim Pihlberg made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bo Bäckström was left in no man's land by his defense there! Af the end of the first half the score was 5-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Håkan Runberg to strike the kick off in the second half. Mats Hökkvist made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jan-Erik Kihlberg in the 54th minute. Bo Bäckström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Berg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice moves Jan-Erik Kihlberg could shoot a difficult shot in the 64th minute, which Mats Hökkvist however easily saved by the left post. Bo Bäckström stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tim Pihlberg's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. Bo Bäckström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tim Pihlberg in the 67th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Vårby's zone, Tim Pihlberg stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bo Bäckström came out of the goal and Tim Pihlberg tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A hard shot 77 in the game by Roland Gustavsson from a close distance when the talented Mats Hökkvist managed to make a qualified save. Lansap Timber's players were relieved. After some fancy dribbling in the 80th minute, Tim Pihlberg managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lansap Timber's supporters rose to their feet, but Tim Pihlberg was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bo Bäckström breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Tim Pihlberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Bo Bäckström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 83rdth minute of the game Joel Berg who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Vårby's Bo Bäckström was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Bo Bäckström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Berg in the 85th minute of play. Mats Hökkvist made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Jan-Erik Kihlberg sent off a good shot on target. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Esbjörn Ivarsson during the 87th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tim Pihlberg in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bo Bäckström saved Vårby from getting behind. Lansap Timber were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Vårby for a fine match.