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Spectators: 7292 (Terracing: 5471, Seating: 1677, VIP seats: 144) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Hugo Petersson started the match with the kick off. Sven Björkqvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marc Berggren in the 5th minute of play. In the 6th minute, Marc Berggren 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. FC Hollywood city's Sven Björkqvist proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save FC Hollywood city from getting a goal against them. Marc Berggren received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Sven Björkqvist tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 11th minute, Peking Stars's Marc Berggren dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. With a little luck, FC Hollywood city's Sven Björkqvist got control of the ball when Jörn Ugla tried to sneak it across the goal line. 17 minutes into the match, Marc Berggren dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Sven Björkqvist, 2-0. In the 21stth minute of the game Hugo Petersson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Peking Stars's Marcus Eckegren was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of FC Hollywood city booed when Peking Stars was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mats Nordstedt didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 22nd minute Tony Ljungberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcus Eckegren saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Hugo Petersson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 26 minutes into the match, FC Hollywood city's Tony Ljungberg sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marcus Eckegren narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Jörn Ugla came up free with the goalie in the 28th minute, the Peking Stars 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 Jörn Ugla couldn't finish the play. In the 31st minute, Marc Berggren 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. With his leg Sven Björkqvist managed to avoid a goal in the 32ndth minute, when Peking Stars's Jörn Ugla fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 32 minutes into the game, Sven-Ove Böcklund was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Hollywood city's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Peking Stars the free kick. Tony Ljungberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 37 minutes, Tony Ljungberg managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Hollywood city's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tony Ljungberg was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 41 minutes into the game, Eskil Dalkvist was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Hollywood city's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Peking Stars the free kick. The supporters of Peking Stars booed when FC Hollywood city was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eskil Dalkvist didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Marc Berggren came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the Peking Stars 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 Marc Berggren couldn't finish the play. Hugo Petersson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcus Eckegren having to interfere. Tony Ljungberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tim Björnberg kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. In the 48th minute of the match Filip Bocklund sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Marcus Eckegren skillfully saved the ball.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Marc Berggren stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, Tony Ljungberg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marcus Eckegren. Peking Stars's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tony Ljungberg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Eskil Dalkvist was shown his second yellow card after 57 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Eskil Dalkvist hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. Sven Björkqvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jörn Ugla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 63 minutes, Per-Åke Bohlin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Peking Stars and the FC Hollywood city players grew even worse after the yellow card. Per-Åke Bohlin hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Marc Berggren sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sven Björkqvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marc Berggren in the 68th minute of play. Sven Björkqvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jörn Ugla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Mats Nordstedt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sven Björkqvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marc Berggren, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. In the 84th minute, Tony Ljungberg left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Hollywood city fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. A collision led to Peking Stars getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Sten Alfors hit a great ball. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.