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Vetlanda
Spectators: 6683 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1683, VIP seats: 0) Vetlanda's Jens-Åke Säf started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Tom Alefors's late challenge caught a Aneby's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tom Alefors helped the player get up and apologised. Tom Alefors hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Vetlanda's Jens-Åke Säf got a good chance for a goal in the 6th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 10 minutes of play, Aneby's Kenny Eliasson made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hubert Johnsson was left in no man's land by his defense there! Kenny Eliasson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hubert Johnsson having to interfere. When Jens-Åke Säf came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the Vetlanda 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 Jens-Åke Säf couldn't finish the play. 32 minutes into the match, Aneby's goalkeeper Mathias Kock had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Otto Widberg. Hubert Johnsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kenny Eliasson in the 37th minute of the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 38th minute of the game. One of Vetlanda:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Aneby:s goal. Otto Widberg in the 46thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Mathias Kock, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bo Boklund stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rdth minute of the game Bo Boklund who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Vetlanda's Hubert Johnsson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 56th minute, Kenny Eliasson managed to get in a good position for a shot. Aneby's supporters rose to their feet, but Kenny Eliasson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hubert Johnsson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Kenny Eliasson in the 59thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Hubert Johnsson, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Mathias Kock showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Otto Widberg in the 61st minute of the match. Bo Boklund fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hubert Johnsson having to interfere. Kenny Eliasson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Hubert Johnsson made a huge save. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Kenny Eliasson managed to get in a good position for a shot. Aneby's supporters rose to their feet, but Kenny Eliasson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hubert Johnsson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Otto Widberg in the 75th minute of play forced Aneby's goalkeeper Mathias Kock to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Jens-Åke Säf had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Aneby's Christer Strömqvist got a free kick in the 79th minute. When Vetlanda's Otto Widberg in the 81st minute got a chance for a shot 81st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Aneby's goalie prevented a goal. Mathias Kock made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jens-Åke Säf in the 82nd minute of play. In the 84th minute, Urban Kjellkvist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 94th minute Jens-Åke Säf shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mathias Kock saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jens-Åke Säf fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mathias Kock having to interfere. Aneby's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.