League

Gislaved
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Michel Kilman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Manfred Fribäck tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 5 minutes, Evert Ekström mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mariebergs FF and the Gislaved RK players grew even worse after the yellow card. Stellan Rosendahl sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Evert Ekström was shown his second yellow card after 10 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Evert Ekström hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Vidar Törnqvist received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Linus Persson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Manfred Fribäck showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joachim Mellberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. After having played for 21 minutes, Vidar Törnqvist managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mariebergs FF's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vidar Törnqvist was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 23rd match minute, Gislaved RK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joachim Mellberg to maneuver through the defense. Linus Persson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vidar Törnqvist in the 25th minute of the match. Calle Kellberg hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vidar Törnqvist in the 39th minute of play forced Gislaved RK's goalkeeper Linus Persson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vidar Törnqvist sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vidar Törnqvist stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 57th match minute, Mariebergs FF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Karl Pålsson to maneuver through the defense. Vidar Törnqvist might have been able to make a better finish in the 65th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Linus Persson. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Vidar Törnqvist ran back to his position shaking his head. Vidar Törnqvist sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michel Kilman in the 71st minute of play forced Mariebergs FF's goalkeeper Manfred Fribäck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 72nd match minute, Gislaved RK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Karl-Axel Biörnberg to maneuver through the defense. Manfred Fribäck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Michel Kilman in the 75th minute of play. Vidar Törnqvist fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Linus Persson having to interfere. Vidar Törnqvist sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alex Julin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Stellan Rosendahl might have been able to make a better finish in the 85th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Linus Persson. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Stellan Rosendahl ran back to his position shaking his head. Stellan Rosendahl sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 88 minutes into the match, Mariebergs FF's Vidar Törnqvist sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Linus Persson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Linus Persson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stellan Rosendahl, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Mariebergs FF players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.