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ARENA FESTYN
Spectators: 7766 (Terracing: 5826, Seating: 1786, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Remigiusz Tomaszewski kicked off to start the match. After 2 played minutes FC Karlskoga got a freekick which was hit by Sonny Algren. Nordic Union's Prudencio Odilon managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Tor Rolfsson in the 5 minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Remigiusz Tomaszewski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Carlinhos Gøl was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. In the 8th minute FC Karlskoga were awarded a corner. Egil Kielberg went to the cornerflag to take it. A well done corner resulted in Karl-Johan Bocklund drilling the ball in to score 1-0 behind Nordic Union's goalkeeper. Carlinhos Gøl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Remigiusz Tomaszewski in the 11th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in FC Karlskoga's zone, Leon Valkeneers stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Edgar Finsberg came out of the goal and Leon Valkeneers tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 21st minute, Henric Vall made a precise shot to the right of Edgar Finsberg. FC Karlskoga's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. After a rather tough play, Nordic Union's Erman Sefir got a free kick in the 24th minute. When the match had gone on for 28 minutes, Leon Valkeneers put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Edgar Finsberg. When FC Karlskoga's Remigiusz Tomaszewski in the 32nd minute got a chance for a shot 32nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Nordic Union's goalie prevented a goal. Leon Valkeneers scored 1-3 in the 33rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Edgar Finsberg, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 42nd minute, Sonny Algren 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. When FC Karlskoga's Remigiusz Tomaszewski in the 45th minute got a chance for a shot 45th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Nordic Union's goalie prevented a goal. Nordic Union's Valdemar Teles was substituted for Andréas Rönn. After taking down the ball on Nordic Union's corner Stefan Engström fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Edgar Finsberg quite easily take care of the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Shingo Gahn stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Shingo Gahn fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edgar Finsberg having to interfere. Shingo Gahn received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Edgar Finsberg came out and tried to block the shot, but Shingo Gahn slotted it home off the left post making it 1-4 in the 62nd minute. After some careless play in the FC Karlskoga defense, Shingo Gahn kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Edgar Finsberg. The FC Karlskoga fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Edgar Finsberg should have stopped the shot. When Radoslaw Kaluzny came up free with the goalie in the 72nd minute, the Nordic Union 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 Radoslaw Kaluzny couldn't finish the play. When Sonny Algren came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the FC Karlskoga 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 Sonny Algren couldn't finish the play. Edgar Finsberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shingo Gahn in the 85th minute of the match. The corner ended in Prudencio Odilon almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC Karlskoga's Edgar Finsberg did a great save. Shingo Gahn sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 90th minute Shingo Gahn shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edgar Finsberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to FC Karlskoga getting a freekick after 98 minutes play. Karl-Johan Bocklund hit a great ball. Shingo Gahn's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Edgar Finsberg read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 100th minute of play. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Nordic Union had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.