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Spectators: 7358 (Terracing: 5519, Seating: 1692, VIP seats: 147) Marc Berggren made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 2nd minute, Sten Alfors hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanks to some nice moves Jörn Ugla could shoot a difficult shot in the 5th minute, which Lennart Rydberg however easily saved by the left post. 8 minutes into the match, Peking Stars's goal looked a bit too open when Bengt-Arne Åkerström came free, but Marcus Eckegren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 10 minutes into the match, Bengt-Arne Åkerström 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 Bengt-Arne Åkerström was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Bengt-Arne Åkerström fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcus Eckegren having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Bengt-Arne Åkerström's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcus Eckegren was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. In the 19th minute, Nils-Erik Blomqvist made a precise shot to the right of Marcus Eckegren. Peking Stars's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Bengt-Arne Åkerström fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcus Eckegren having to interfere. Marcus Eckegren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nils-Erik Blomqvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nils-Erik Blomqvist sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Peking Stars getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Tobias Hellkvist hit a great ball. Nils-Erik Blomqvist scored 1-3 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcus Eckegren, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

The wind increased when Bengt-Arne Åkerström made the kick off in the second half. Marcus Eckegren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bengt-Arne Åkerström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marcus Eckegren made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nils-Erik Blomqvist in the 56th minute. Josef Josefsson's late challenge caught a Ekerö IF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Josef Josefsson helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 60th minute of the game. One of Peking Stars:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Ekerö IF:s goal. After a rather tough play, Peking Stars's Jörgen Ahlin got a free kick in the 67th minute. 69 minutes into the match, Peking Stars's goal looked a bit too open when Bengt-Arne Åkerström came free, but Marcus Eckegren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Bengt-Arne Åkerström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 76th minute Bengt-Arne Åkerström 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. Nils-Erik Blomqvist received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Marcus Eckegren tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 81 minutes into the match, Nils-Erik Blomqvist notched a goal, 1-5, to the right of Peking Stars's Marcus Eckegren. Marcus Eckegren was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Olof Nyström sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 88thth minute of the game Bengt-Arne Åkerström 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. When Jörn Ugla fell near the penalty area in the 97th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Peking Stars's protests and gave Jörn Ugla a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Ekerö IF booed when Peking Stars was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 97 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jörn Ugla didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marcus Eckegren came out of the goal in the 98th minute to try and stop a shot by Ekerö IF's Nils-Erik Blomqvist. But to his dismay, Nils-Erik Blomqvist quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-6.