Friendly League

Stora Valla
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jonatan Asmundsson made the kick off which started today's match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Leonard Christoffersson during the 2nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Linköpings AIK booed when Degerfors IF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leonard Christoffersson didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 3rdth minute of the game Bert Karlsson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Degerfors IF's Sebastian Sandberg was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Zebastian Wennerqvist hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Arvid Carlsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mattias Cassel's late challenge caught a Degerfors IF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mattias Cassel helped the player get up and apologised. In the 19th minute Arvid Carlsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastian Sandberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sebastian Sandberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bert Karlsson in the 20th minute of the match. Linköpings AIK's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Birger Gudmundsson in the 21st minute. When Mattias Cassel was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 24 minutes had been played. After 25 played minutes Linköpings AIK got a freekick which was hit by Mattias Cassel. When the match had gone on for 35 minutes, Åke Fors took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Staffan Lind to make any attempt to save it. The audience was convinced that Åke Fors's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Staffan Lind was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. Arvid Carlsson hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Bert Karlsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bert Karlsson to make the kick off. Staffan Lind stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Åke Fors's shot from short distance in the 52nd minute. Bert Karlsson received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Sebastian Sandberg came out and tried to block the shot, but Bert Karlsson slotted it home off the left post making it 2-1 in the 53rd minute. Bert Karlsson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Sebastian Sandberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. During the 59th minute of the match Leonard Christoffersson completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Leonard Christoffersson a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 59th minute, Leonard Christoffersson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sebastian Sandberg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bert Karlsson in the 61st minute. In the 67th minute, George Gunnarsson 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. Degerfors IF made a substitution. Anthon Eliasson replaced Åke Fors. A collision led to Linköpings AIK getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Zebastian Wennerqvist hit a great ball. In the 76th minute the ball was on its way in behind Degerfors IF's goalkeeper Sebastian Sandberg, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Degerfors IF's Sebastian Sandberg proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Degerfors IF from getting a goal against them. In the 84th minute, Oliver Holmstedt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Despite being the better team, Linköpings AIK failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.