League

Åseda
Spectators: 6952 (Terracing: 5452, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 0) Åseda IK's Henrik Markusson 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. Henric Back made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Ludvig Bergqvist sent off a good shot on target. Henric Back showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Henrik Markusson in the 5th minute of the match. Snuset's Henric Back played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Henrik Markusson in the 6th minute of play. After recieving a nice pass, Snuset's Emil Söderberg tried to score from far away in the 9th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After some careless play in the Snuset defense, Ludvig Bergqvist kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Henric Back. The Snuset fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Henric Back should have stopped the shot. 15 minutes into the match, Åseda IK's Henrik Markusson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Henric Back narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ludvig Bergqvist received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Henric Back tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Henric Back stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Henrik Markusson's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. Snuset's Henric Back played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Henrik Markusson in the 26th minute of play. Manfred Söderkvist kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Albert Fransson during the 31st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Albert Fransson kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. In the 34th minute, Tage Lindström 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. Henric Back showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henrik Markusson, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. The audience held their breath when Patric Österlund in the 43rd minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Folke Smed's left hand side. Folke Smed showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tage Lindström, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. When the match had gone on for 47 minutes, Henrik Markusson took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Henric Back to make any attempt to save it. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tage Lindström was the one to do the kick off. Manfred Söderkvist received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Henric Back tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Snuset's Henric Back played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Henrik Markusson in the 56th minute of play. After having played for 65 minutes, Henrik Markusson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Åseda IK's supporters crossed their fingers, but Henrik Markusson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Henrik Markusson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ludvig Bergqvist fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Henric Back having to interfere. Henric Back showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henrik Markusson, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. When Henrik Markusson came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Åseda IK 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 Henrik Markusson couldn't finish the play. If Patric Österlund had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Snuset's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.