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Gysinge
Spectators: 7705 (Terracing: 5780, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Carl Brandin started the match with the kick off. After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Carl Brandin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Stellan Drake. The Croatia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Stellan Drake should have stopped the shot. Croatia's Stellan Drake played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sven-Arne Salqvist in the 7th minute of play. Carl Brandin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stellan Drake having to interfere. Stellan Drake made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karl-Ove Säfström in the 18th minute of play. Stellan Drake took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karl-Ove Säfström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 23rd minute Greger Bogren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stellan Drake saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stellan Drake showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karl-Ove Säfström in the 25th minute of the match. Gabriel Näfver sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Greger Bogren had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Avantgarde's Roy Brolin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Avantgarde from getting a goal against them. Roy Brolin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gabriel Näfver in the 40th minute. In the 42nd minute Sven-Arne Salqvist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stellan Drake saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Greger Bogren in the 44th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Stellan Drake prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Stellan Drake took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carl Brandin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Benne Benne made the kick off in the second half. Stellan Drake stood somewhat misplaced when Carl Brandin came free in front of goal and shot 0-2 to the left of him in the 52 minute. Stellan Drake showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Greger Bogren, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Stellan Drake made an important save on a dangerous shot by Karl-Ove Säfström in the 56th minute. Gustaf Strandberg's late challenge caught a Avantgarde's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gustaf Strandberg helped the player get up and apologised. In the 61st minute 林晨洋 suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. A collision led to Avantgarde getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Martin Jakobsson hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Avantgarde's Ingvar Karlsson got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Ingvar Karlsson made in the 63rd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Carl Brandin immediately put the ball in play. Croatia's attentive Anton Klint managed to snatch the ball when Tommy Emander made a throw-in in the 65th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karl-Ove Säfström in the 68th minute of play forced Croatia's goalkeeper Stellan Drake to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Benne Benne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Carl Brandins short, quick shot in the 74thth minute got Stellan Drake to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Greger Bogren sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Croatia's Stellan Drake proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Croatia from getting a goal against them. Croatia's Stellan Drake played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jan-Olof Kråk in the 80th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benne Benne in the 82nd minute of play forced Avantgarde's goalkeeper Roy Brolin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benne Benne's late challenge caught a Avantgarde's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Benne Benne helped the player get up and apologised. After 89 played minutes Croatia got a freekick which was hit by Benne Benne. Anton Klint hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Croatia's goalkeeper Stellan Drake, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 97th minute, Greger Bogren 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. Stellan Drake made a fantastic save in the 99th minute, when Carl Brandin sent off a good shot on target. The Avantgarde players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.