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Ashburton Grove
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) Näsbyns AIK's Abdi Mehmet Selim 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. In the 6thth minute of the game Abdi Mehmet Selim who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Falavelia AFC's Mats Hammarberg was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 6 minutes, Abdi Mehmet Selim put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Mats Hammarberg. When the match clock showed 12 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Abdi Mehmet Selim sped through Falavelia AFC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Mats Hammarberg. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tarvi Ruusmaa in the 16th minute of play forced Falavelia AFC's goalkeeper Mats Hammarberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 17thth minute of the game Kuzman Nedyalkov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Näsbyns AIK's Tom Berglund was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 20th minute of the match Näsbyns AIK got a corner. Falavelia AFC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Andy Lindqvist ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Näsbyns AIK's corner Andy Lindqvist fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Mats Hammarberg quite easily take care of the ball. In the 22nd minute, Näsbyns AIK's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Kuzman Nedyalkov fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Tom Berglund made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Egon Flinck in the 24th minute of play. In the 24th minute Egon Flinck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tom Berglund saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tom Berglund showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kuzman Nedyalkov in the 27th minute of the match. In the 31st minute, Fred Pettersson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Andy Lindqvist came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Näsbyns 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 Andy Lindqvist couldn't finish the play. 34 minutes into the match, Näsbyns AIK's goalkeeper Tom Berglund had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kuzman Nedyalkov. After 35 minutes, Abdi Mehmet Selim made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. Falavelia AFC's Mats Hammarberg tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kuzman Nedyalkov in the 39th minute of play forced Näsbyns AIK's goalkeeper Tom Berglund to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tom Berglund made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kuzman Nedyalkov in the 42nd minute of play. Tom Berglund made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Egon Flinck in the 44th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Falavelia AFC's Claes Hylander slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Tom Berglund. That made the score 1-3 after 47 minutes of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kuzman Nedyalkov to make the kick off. Tom Berglund showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonathan Klementsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Tom Berglund showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kuzman Nedyalkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Olof Uter hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Näsbyns AIK's zone, Stellan Vennerdal stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tom Berglund came out of the goal and Stellan Vennerdal tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tarvi Ruusmaa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mats Hammarberg having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Kuzman Nedyalkov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tom Berglund was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. Tarvi Ruusmaa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Mats Hammarberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tom Berglund showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kuzman Nedyalkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Tom Berglund didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kuzman Nedyalkov went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. In the 78th minute, Dan Eklund hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 80th minute, Abdi Mehmet Selim fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Andy Lindqvist was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 83 minutes into the match. 82 minutes into the game, one of Näsbyns AIK:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Näsbyns AIK:s Tom Berglund showed great skill when he stopped Stellan Vennerdal:s penalty. Tom Berglund took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kuzman Nedyalkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jonathan Klementsson kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. Claes Hylander kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. Mats Hammarberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdi Mehmet Selim in the 94th minute of play. The supporters of Falavelia AFC booed when Näsbyns AIK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Olof Uter didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Kuzman Nedyalkov in the 99th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tom Berglund saved Näsbyns AIK from getting behind. The Näsbyns AIK supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Näsbyns AIK would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.