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Spectators: 6674 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1674, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nils Engman made the kick off which started today's match. Torbjörn Uggla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Johan Sjöberg in the 2nd minute of the match. After 3 minutes, Kevin Skarkman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Enviken and the Manchester United players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Enviken's Kevin Skarkman got a free kick in the 3rd minute. A hard shot by Sigvard Hansson from long distance, 4 minutes into the match, got Torbjörn Uggla's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alfons Granström got free with Torbjörn Uggla in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Johan Sjöberg recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Manchester United getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Sigvard Hansson hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nils Engman in the 19th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tobias Fredriksson prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Kennet Lustig came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the Enviken 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 Kennet Lustig couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Manchester United's Karl-Ove Månsson got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Erik Strömqvist took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 24th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Tobias Fredriksson. Manchester United's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Manchester United's Tobias Fredriksson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nils Engman in the 25th minute of play. Nils Engman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Tobias Fredriksson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 35 minutes of play, Enviken's Nils Engman made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tobias Fredriksson was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Alex Lundqvist fell near the penalty area in the 37th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Enviken's protests and gave Alex Lundqvist a yellow card for diving instead. Alex Lundqvist hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Nils Engman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tobias Fredriksson having to interfere. Tobias Fredriksson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nils Engman, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. In the 47th match minute, Enviken was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Torsten Blomberg to maneuver through the defense. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Johan Sjöberg was the one to do the kick off. Kennet Lustig came free with the goalkeeper in the 54th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Tobias Fredriksson could save by the left post. Kennet Lustig might have been able to make a better finish in the 57th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tobias Fredriksson. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kennet Lustig ran back to his position shaking his head. Nils Engman recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 61st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Enviken's Nils Engman slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Tobias Fredriksson. That made the score 0-2 after 63 minutes of play. Erik Gallin's late challenge caught a Enviken's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Erik Gallin helped the player get up and apologised. After 66 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Manchester United! 70 minutes into the match, Manchester United's Alfons Granström sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Torbjörn Uggla narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Roy Ryberg fell near the penalty area in the 81st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Manchester United's protests and gave Roy Ryberg a yellow card for diving instead. In the 83rd minute of the match Enviken got a corner. Manchester United's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Erik Strömqvist ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Manchester United's goalie and right to Nils Engman. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Manchester United's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. If Kennet Lustig had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tobias Fredriksson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nils Engman, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Torbjörn Uggla took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alfons Granström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 94th minute, Östen Skålberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The Manchester United fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Enviken were clearly better and deserved to take the win.