League Play-Off

Söderstadion
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) In the 3rd minute Henric Wallin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stig-Arne Månsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Konrad Västlund's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eddie Billing was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. Eddie Billing didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Konrad Västlund went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Calle Svanér received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Eddie Billing tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eddie Billing stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Calle Svanér's shot from short distance in the 22nd minute. When Calle Svanér came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the Horda 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 Calle Svanér couldn't finish the play. After 25 minutes, Tony Beck mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Skulptören and the Horda players grew even worse after the yellow card. Arvin Fågel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stig-Arne Månsson having to interfere. In the 28th match minute, Horda was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eddie Åström to maneuver through the defense. Stig-Arne Månsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arvin Fågel in the 31st minute of play. Stig-Arne Månsson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rasmus Sävström in the 32nd minute. After a defensive mix-up in FC Skulptören's zone, Konrad Västlund stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eddie Billing came out of the goal and Konrad Västlund tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Horda's Konrad Västlund got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 42nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Horda's goalkeeper Stig-Arne Månsson, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After having played for 45 minutes, Konrad Västlund managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Horda's supporters crossed their fingers, but Konrad Västlund was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Calle Svanér took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eddie Billing. Eddie Billing dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. After the first half Horda were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When Börge Bodin fell near the penalty area in the 52nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Skulptören's protests and gave Börge Bodin a yellow card for diving instead. In the 52nd minute, Börge Bodin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Konrad Västlund received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Eddie Billing tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Börge Bodin was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 57 minutes had been played. In the 58th minute, Börge Bodin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Konrad Västlund's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 60thth minute, Eddie Billing skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Konrad Västlund fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eddie Billing having to interfere. 67 minutes into the game, Henric Wallin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Skulptören's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Horda the free kick. After 67 played minutes FC Skulptören got a freekick which was hit by Henric Wallin. FC Skulptören's Eddie Billing proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save FC Skulptören from getting a goal against them. In a very dangerous position, a player in FC Skulptören fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 71st minute. Penalty! Rune Lindblom shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. After a defensive mix-up in FC Skulptören's zone, Börje Stålberg stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eddie Billing came out of the goal and Börje Stålberg tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Calle Svanér had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Eddie Billing showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Konrad Västlund, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. Konrad Västlund fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 100th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eddie Billing having to interfere. The FC Skulptören fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Horda were clearly better and deserved to take the win.