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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Rune Boklund took the kick off in the first half of the match. Hörnefors IF's Kjell-Arne Stolpe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kåre Josefsson in the 15th minute of play. In the 17th minute Nils Åhman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kjell-Arne Stolpe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kjell-Arne Stolpe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sixten Gustavsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hörnefors IF's Kjell-Arne Stolpe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nils Åhman in the 25th minute of play. 26 minutes into the match, Sixten Gustavsson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kjell-Arne Stolpe. Hörnefors IF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sixten Gustavsson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. 31 minutes into the match, Eric Jelm had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kjell-Arne Stolpe. Hörnefors IF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eric Jelm was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Egil Jakobsson's late challenge caught a Kristianstad DFF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Egil Jakobsson helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Hörnefors IF's Egil Jakobsson got a free kick in the 39th minute. Olov Malm took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 41st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Kjell-Arne Stolpe. Hörnefors IF's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Kjell-Arne Stolpe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nils Åhman in the 47th minute of play. The Hörnefors IF players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Kristianstad DFF were winning 0-3.

Kjell-Arne Stolpe stood somewhat misplaced when Sixten Gustavsson came free in front of goal and shot 0-4 to the left of him in the 52 minute. Kristianstad DFF's Jan-Åke Hedström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sven-Olof Bergfelt in the 69th minute of play. 77 minutes into the match, Hörnefors IF's goal looked a bit too open when Eric Jelm came free, but Kjell-Arne Stolpe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eric Jelm kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Rune Boklund managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hörnefors IF's supporters rose to their feet, but Rune Boklund was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jan-Åke Hedström breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Kjell-Arne Stolpe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kåre Josefsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jan-Åke Hedström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bo-Erik Bergström in the 96th minute of the match. When the match was over Kristianstad DFF could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Hörnefors IF throughout the match.