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ARCO Arena
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Svante Olofsson made the kick off which started today's match. Joakim Smefeldt took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 4th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Aaron Levander. FC Sacramento's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. If Jakob Alebom had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Youngboys FF's Jakob Alebom got a free kick in the 11th minute. Aaron Levander showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Svante Olofsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Svante Olofsson got in the 18th a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Aaron Levander handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. Åke Wikander hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. Jakob Alebom received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Aaron Levander tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sven-Olof Fredriksson took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 28th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Hans Lundin. Youngboys FF's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 32ndth minute of the game Svante Olofsson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Sacramento's Aaron Levander was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Jakob Alebom had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Svante Olofsson's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Aaron Levander read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 37th minute of play. Jakob Alebom fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aaron Levander having to interfere. Svante Olofsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Svante Olofsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 49 minutes, Sven-Olof Fredriksson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Sacramento and the Youngboys FF players grew even worse after the yellow card. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joakim Olsson to make the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Svante Olofsson kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Aaron Levander. That made the score 0-2 in the 57 minute of play. In the 61st minute Svante Olofsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aaron Levander saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Svante Olofsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aaron Levander was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. Aaron Levander made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Jakob Alebom sent off a good shot on target. After 74 played minutes Youngboys FF got a freekick which was hit by Åke Jonasson. Svante Olofsson had several of the FC Sacramento's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 76 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-3 score and a disappointed Aaron Levander as he didn't even see the shot coming. Oskar Källberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hans Lundin having to interfere. Jakob Alebom received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Aaron Levander tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aaron Levander made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Jakob Alebom sent off a good shot on target. FC Sacramento's Aaron Levander proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save FC Sacramento from getting a goal against them. 88 minutes into the match, Youngboys FF's Jakob Alebom sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aaron Levander narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Jakob Alebom had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 98th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Svante Olofsson was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 100th minute. Youngboys FF's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Youngboys FF's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.