League Play-Off

Red Army FC
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) 8 minutes into the match, Nils-Erik Grelsson dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jens-Ola Bäckman, 1-0. In the 11th minute of the match Torbjörn Olofsson sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jens-Ola Bäckman skillfully saved the ball. Karl-Erik Aleberg kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Ljugarn IK's Karl-Axel Björklund got a free kick in the 13th minute. The audience was convinced that Nils-Erik Grelsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jens-Ola Bäckman was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. Aron Josefssons short, quick shot in the 20thth minute got Jens-Ola Bäckman to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 22nd minute, Red Army FC's Nils-Erik Grelsson dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. 26 minutes into the game, Red Army FC's Aron Josefsson nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jens-Ola Bäckman made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Nils-Erik Grelsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Aron Josefsson had several of the Ljugarn IK's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 30 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 4-0 score and a disappointed Jens-Ola Bäckman as he didn't even see the shot coming. Nils-Erik Grelsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 36th minute, Kristian Sandström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 38 minutes, Holger Alebeck mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Red Army FC and the Ljugarn IK players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 38th minute of the game. One of Red Army FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Ljugarn IK:s goal. Måns Bolin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marcus Qvarnström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Tor Isaksson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Måns Bolin to strike the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Ljugarn IK's zone, Kristian Sandström stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jens-Ola Bäckman came out of the goal and Kristian Sandström tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Kristian Sandström recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 52nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Måns Bolin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tor Isaksson having to interfere. Ljugarn IK's Karl-Erik Aleberg suffered a sore thigh after 61 minutes and couldn't finish the game. The supporters of Ljugarn IK booed when Red Army FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kristian Sandström didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 68th minute, Aron Josefsson 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. Jens-Ola Bäckman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aron Josefsson in the 71st minute of play. After having played for 74 minutes, Aron Josefsson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Red Army FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Aron Josefsson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Aron Josefsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the Ljugarn IK defense, Nils-Erik Grelsson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jens-Ola Bäckman. The Ljugarn IK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jens-Ola Bäckman should have stopped the shot. After 89 played minutes Red Army FC got a freekick which was hit by Torbjörn Olofsson. Red Army FC's Aron Josefsson got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.