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Rocco Stadium
Spectators: 8001 (Terracing: 6002, Seating: 1840, VIP seats: 159) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Örjan Brandt kicked off to start the match. 7 minutes had been played when some careless play by Team Rocco's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rune Eskilsson was slow to take the kick. During this time BK Snedspark's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Team Rocco's goalie and right to Joakim Pettersson. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Team Rocco's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. After a rather tough play, BK Snedspark's Rune Eskilsson got a free kick in the 9th minute. After a defensive mix-up in BK Snedspark's zone, Göran Unesson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pan Xi Hong came out of the goal and Göran Unesson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Örjan Brandt in the 13th minute of play. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Örjan Brandt in the 16th minute of the match. In the 17th minute of the match BK Snedspark got a corner. Team Rocco's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Rune Eskilsson ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Rune Eskilsson got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Sven-Edvin Mårtensson quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a defensive mix-up in Team Rocco's zone, Rune Eskilsson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson came out of the goal and Rune Eskilsson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to BK Snedspark getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Rune Eskilsson hit a great ball. When BK Snedspark's Örjan Brandt in the 30th minute got a chance for a shot 30th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Team Rocco's goalie prevented a goal. Pan Xi Hong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vincent Olofsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. After 38 minutes of play, BK Snedspark's Örjan Brandt made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson was left in no man's land by his defense there! Pan Xi Hong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vincent Olofsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. The supporters of Team Rocco booed when BK Snedspark was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christer Klemensson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Vincent Olofsson to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the game, Team Rocco's Sebastian Nordlund nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Pan Xi Hong made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Örjan Brandt's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Örjan Brandt in the 59th minute of play forced Team Rocco's goalkeeper Sven-Edvin Mårtensson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Örjan Brandt's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 61stth minute, Sven-Edvin Mårtensson skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The audience was convinced that Örjan Brandt's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sven-Edvin Mårtensson was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. Alfred Samuelsson took the ball and in the 66 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pan Xi Hong. Pan Xi Hong dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Rune Eskilsson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Sven-Edvin Mårtensson made a huge save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Örjan Brandt in the 79th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sven-Edvin Mårtensson saved Team Rocco from getting behind. Rune Eskilsson kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. Pan Xi Hong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vincent Olofsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Ralf Vase lost his temper 84 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 90thth minute of the game Örjan Brandt who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Team Rocco's Sven-Edvin Mårtensson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The Team Rocco fans' excitement grew in the 96th match minute when Team Rocco's Sebastian Nordlund looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The BK Snedspark players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Team Rocco from taking control. The game ends in a draw.