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Skillingaryd -vallen
Spectators: 5150 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Johnny Gustavsson started the match with the kick off. Aldo Paul showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gösta Ekman, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. 8 minutes had been played when some careless play by Skillingaryd IFK's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Morgan Lundström was slow to take the kick. During this time Managerzones Finest FC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Morgan Lundström got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Aldo Paul quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 13th minute of the match Managerzones Finest FC got a corner. Skillingaryd IFK's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Morgan Lundström ran over to the corner to take the kick. Pål Hellström's late challenge caught a Managerzones Finest FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pål Hellström helped the player get up and apologised. After some fancy dribbling in the 15th minute, Gösta Ekman managed to get in a good position for a shot. Managerzones Finest FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Gösta Ekman was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aldo Paul breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Skillingaryd IFK's Aldo Paul played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Johan Kjellbom in the 17th minute of play. 20 minutes into the game, Gösta Ekman cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Aldo Paul was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 25th minute, Per Sillén 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. The audience was convinced that Gösta Ekman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aldo Paul was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. When the match clock showed 27 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Gösta Ekman sped through Skillingaryd IFK's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Aldo Paul. Aldo Paul showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gösta Ekman, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Gösta Ekman took the ball and in the 32 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aldo Paul. Aldo Paul dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. In the 35th minute, Ludwig Levander ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aldo Paul was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. Aldo Paul didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gösta Ekman went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. Gustav Sundberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jens-Ove Ahlström in the 41st minute of play. Gustav Sundberg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Viktor Byström in the 42nd minute. In the 43rd minute, Gösta Ekman ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aldo Paul was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-7. Aldo Paul showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Johnny Gustavsson in the 46th minute of the match. Aldo Paul made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Johnny Gustavsson in the 48th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-7 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Viktor Byström was the one to do the kick off. After a rather tough play, Skillingaryd IFK's Alf Lindberg got a free kick in the 51st minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 54th minute, Viktor Byström managed to get in a good position for a shot. Skillingaryd IFK's supporters rose to their feet, but Viktor Byström was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gustav Sundberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Skillingaryd IFK's Aldo Paul played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Johnny Gustavsson in the 56th minute of play. If Martin Rudberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alf Lindberg during the 61st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 61st minute, Alf Lindberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The long shot by Morgan Lundström in the 62nd minute really tested Aldo Paul's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Jens-Ove Ahlström charged in rather forcefully in the 69th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jens-Ove Ahlström the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 69 played minutes Skillingaryd IFK got a freekick which was hit by Jens-Ove Ahlström. Aldo Paul was a little too slow when Gösta Ekman got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 70th minute. The score was now 0-8. When the match had gone on for 73 minutes, Johnny Gustavsson put it in 0-9 from a short distance just to the right of Aldo Paul. An unexpected shot in the 77th minute by Waldemar Pitta got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Skillingaryd IFK's Aldo Paul proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save Skillingaryd IFK from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Skillingaryd IFK getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Lars-Erik Mårtensson hit a great ball. 87 minutes into the match, Johnny Gustavsson notched a goal, 0-10, to the right of Skillingaryd IFK's Aldo Paul. Aldo Paul was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 90th minute, Johnny Gustavsson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Managerzones Finest FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-11. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Per Sillén during the 96th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 96th match minute, Skillingaryd IFK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Per Sillén to maneuver through the defense. Managerzones Finest FC'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.