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Spectators: 6672 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1672, VIP seats: 0) After 3 minutes of play, Forsheda's Oskar Pilgren made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Matthias Brandin was left in no man's land by his defense there! Matthias Brandin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kurt Billock, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 14 minutes into the match, Blue Saints's goal looked a bit too open when Oskar Pilgren came free, but Matthias Brandin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 15 minutes into the game, Jarl Skager was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Forsheda's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Blue Saints the free kick. An unexpected shot in the 16th minute by David Vallmark got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. If Karl-Michael Hellström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Michel Hamberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Einar Bocklund tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Michel Hamberg came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Blue Saints 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 Michel Hamberg couldn't finish the play. The referee felt a red card was in order, 31 minutes into the game, when Michel Hamberg put in a rough tackle. Michel Hamberg kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. In the 32nd minute, Olof Sjö 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 Karl-Michael Hellström's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Einar Bocklund was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. Karl-Michael Hellström fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Einar Bocklund having to interfere. After having played for 47 minutes, Karl-Michael Hellström managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Blue Saints's supporters crossed their fingers, but Karl-Michael Hellström was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kurt Billock to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Forsheda's Boris Ljungberg ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Matthias Brandin. Matthias Brandin yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 61st minute, Kurt Billock managed to get in a good position for a shot. Forsheda's supporters rose to their feet, but Kurt Billock was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Matthias Brandin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 64 played minutes Forsheda got a freekick which was hit by Jan-Åke Lidberg. A collision led to Blue Saints getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Karl-Michael Hellström hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabian Holmgren in the 72nd minute of play forced Forsheda's goalkeeper Einar Bocklund to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kurt Billock in the 77th minute of play forced Blue Saints's goalkeeper Matthias Brandin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Oskar Pilgren sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Einar Bocklund showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karl-Michael Hellström in the 82nd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Blue Saints's David Vallmark got a free kick in the 84th minute. Matthias Brandin made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Oskar Pilgren sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Oskar Pilgren got free with Matthias Brandin in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 97th minute, David Vallmark 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 away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Forsheda walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.