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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Andy Ekelund started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Jörgen Siöberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lars-Erik Näfver in the 11th minute of the match. In the 24th minute, Alexander Brovall hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Hyssna IF's Mathias Dalberg tried to score from far away in the 25th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Hyssna IF's Dennis Nilsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andy Ekelund in the 31st minute of play. After 32 played minutes Hyssna IF got a freekick which was hit by Jonathan Vesterberg. Lars-Erik Näfver sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Karl-Ove Häll fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jörgen Siöberg having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Karl-Ove Häll managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hyssna IF's supporters rose to their feet, but Karl-Ove Häll was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jörgen Siöberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Andy Ekelund had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The wind increased when Karl-Ove Häll made the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute Karl-Ove Häll shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jörgen Siöberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dennis Nilsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andy Ekelund, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. After 58 minutes of play, Bottnaryd BF's Andy Ekelund made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dennis Nilsson was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Andy Ekelund came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the Bottnaryd BF 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 Andy Ekelund couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Bottnaryd BF getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Mikael Giliusson hit a great ball. 75 minutes into the game, Nicklas Glanselius was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bottnaryd BF's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Hyssna IF the free kick. The corner led Hyssna IF's Mathias Dalberg to fire away a dangerous shot which Jörgen Siöberg despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Dennis Nilsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andy Ekelund in the 86th minute of play. Lennart Eklund sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dennis Nilsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lennart Eklund, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.