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Ararat Arena
Spectators: 7299 (Terracing: 5479, Seating: 1680, VIP seats: 140) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Lennart Kråk made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustav Österlund in the 4th minute of play forced Vaggeryd's goalkeeper Marcus Hedvall to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Vaggeryd getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Ernst Malmberg hit a great ball. Jörgen Vallmark received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Marcus Hedvall tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 25th minute, Sebastian Siöman 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. After a defensive mix-up in Vaggeryd's zone, Gustav Österlund stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marcus Hedvall came out of the goal and Gustav Österlund tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpected shot in the 38th minute by Jörgen Vallmark got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Christer Fredriksson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lennart Kråk, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. In the 47th minute, Lennart Kråk 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. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gustav Österlund stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lennart Kråk in the 57th minute of play forced Portogino's goalkeeper Christer Fredriksson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jörgen Vallmark fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcus Hedvall having to interfere. Marcus Hedvall stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gustav Österlund's shot from short distance in the 64th minute. Ernst Malmberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 73rd minute, Jörgen Vallmark ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marcus Hedvall was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. During the 76th minute of the match Ernst Malmberg completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Ernst Malmberg a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 77th match minute, Vaggeryd was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ernst Malmberg to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Vaggeryd's Michel Hafström got a free kick in the 82nd minute. Gustav Österlund took the ball and in the 83 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marcus Hedvall. Marcus Hedvall dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Gustav Österlund recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 86th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jörgen Vallmark received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Marcus Hedvall tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.