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Vårgårda -vallen
Spectators: 6689 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1689, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Per-Arne Haglund kicked off to start the match. In the 3rdth minute of the game Sven-Olof Högman who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Vårgårda IK's Börge Strömberg was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Börge Strömberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sven-Olof Högman in the 11th minute of the match. Franck Rocheteau made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Per-Arne Haglund in the 15th minute of play. In the 22nd minute, Ralf Norström 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. When the match clock showed 23 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Sven-Olof Högman sped through Vårgårda IK's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Börge Strömberg. When Lovate's Sven-Olof Högman in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Vårgårda IK's goalie prevented a goal. Börge Strömberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sven-Olof Högman in the 30th minute of the match. Carl Jönsson's late challenge caught a Lovate's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Carl Jönsson helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Vårgårda IK getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Carl Jönsson hit a great ball. When Lovate's Sven-Olof Högman in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Vårgårda IK's goalie prevented a goal. Vårgårda IK's Börge Strömberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ralf Norström in the 35th minute of play. In the 36th minute Niklas Ekrot shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franck Rocheteau saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Börge Strömberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sven-Olof Högman, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sven-Olof Högman in the 38th minute of play forced Vårgårda IK's goalkeeper Börge Strömberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 41st minute, Ralf Norström ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Börge Strömberg was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Börge Strömberg didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sven-Olof Högman went, in the 44th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

Börge Strömberg made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Sven-Olof Högman sent off a good shot on target. Börge Strömberg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Erik Söder in the 53rd minute. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Carl Nordin advanced and headed the ball into goal, 0-5 in the 54th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Vårgårda IK's zone, Sven-Olof Högman stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Börge Strömberg came out of the goal and Sven-Olof Högman tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 63rd match minute, Vårgårda IK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Niklas Ekrot to maneuver through the defense. Börge Strömberg stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sven-Olof Högman's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. Erik Söder received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Börge Strömberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Franck Rocheteau took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Harry Kjellkvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sven-Olof Högman did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-6 to the left of a surprised Börge Strömberg 77 minutes into the match. Börge Strömberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sven-Olof Högman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Franck Rocheteau made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Harry Kjellkvist in the 82nd minute of play. After 86 minutes, Sven-Olof Högman made it 0-7 with a short kick to the right side. Vårgårda IK's Börge Strömberg tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Franck Rocheteau showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcus Koch, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Börge Strömberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sven-Olof Högman, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. In the 96th minute, Karl-Johan Kalfhage hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.