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Spectators: 8000 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1840, VIP seats: 160) Cash Is King's Carmine Topatigh started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 5 minutes into the match, Carmine Topatigh dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ronnie Hellström, 1-0. Marius Ettori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kevin Keegan in the 7th minute of play. Georg Björling's late challenge caught a Skövde AIK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Georg Björling helped the player get up and apologised. 10 minutes into the match, Cash Is King's goal looked a bit too open when Kevin Keegan came free, but Marius Ettori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marius Ettori didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Knut Rudberg went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kurt Hamrin in the 18th minute of play forced Cash Is King's goalkeeper Marius Ettori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carmine Topatigh in the 22nd minute of play forced Skövde AIK's goalkeeper Ronnie Hellström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 24th minute Kurt Hamrin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marius Ettori saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Skövde AIK booed when Cash Is King was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lars Vassenius didn't get a good kick on the ball. Skövde AIK were awarded a corner in the 28th minute after Cash Is King's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Kevin Keegan took the corner. A collision led to Skövde AIK getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Hjalmar Hägert hit a great ball. Lars Vassenius received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Ronnie Hellström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marius Ettori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kurt Hamrin in the 32nd minute of play. In the 34th minute Kurt Hamrin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marius Ettori saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marius Ettori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kurt Hamrin in the 35th minute of play. In the 43rd minute Well-Well Qadeishvili shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ronnie Hellström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rikard Ekerot could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Ronnie Hellström made a huge save. Cash Is King's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Elof Ödmann in the 46th minute. The corner led Cash Is King's Elof Ödmann to fire away a dangerous shot which Ronnie Hellström despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Chen Ao Fan to make the kick off. Marius Ettori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chen Ao Fan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Chen Ao Fan came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the Skövde AIK 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 Chen Ao Fan couldn't finish the play. Kevin Keegan's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Marius Ettori firmly grabbed it by the left post. Ronnie Hellström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Well-Well Qadeishvili in the 59th minute of play. 60 minutes into the match, Cash Is King's goalkeeper Marius Ettori had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Chen Ao Fan. Ronnie Hellström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carmine Topatigh in the 63rd minute of play. Ronnie Hellström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carmine Topatigh in the 64th minute of play. Marius Ettori made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Chen Ao Fan sent off a good shot on target. Kurt Hamrin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marius Ettori having to interfere. After 77 played minutes Skövde AIK got a freekick which was hit by Hjalmar Hägert. Ronnie Hellström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rikard Ekerot, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Chen Ao Fan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marius Ettori having to interfere. Ronnie Hellström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Well-Well Qadeishvili, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 92 minutes into the match, Skövde AIK's goal looked a bit too open when Carmine Topatigh came free, but Ronnie Hellström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Cash Is King supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Skövde AIK's performance. The match ended with a win for Skövde AIK.