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Björnvallen
Spectators: 7191 (Terracing: 5488, Seating: 1683, VIP seats: 20) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Billy Uter kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Billy Uter in the 8th minute of play forced IFK Björnen's goalkeeper Bengt-Rune Blomquist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernt Ström in the 10th minute of play forced IFK Björnen's goalkeeper Bengt-Rune Blomquist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bengt-Rune Blomquist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Billy Uter in the 16th minute of play. Orvar Månsson hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Arman Berggren fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Folke Hamnberg having to interfere. 24 minutes into the game, Arman Berggren cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Folke Hamnberg was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Arman Berggren could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Folke Hamnberg made a huge save. In the 30th minute, Einar Törnqvist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Joakim Nyman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Arman Berggren fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Folke Hamnberg having to interfere. In the 34th minute, Arman Berggren 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. Folke Hamnberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joakim Nyman in the 36th minute of the match. Arman Berggren fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Folke Hamnberg having to interfere. 43 minutes into the game, Lars-Erik Odeen was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ekshärad's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave IFK Björnen the free kick. Lars-Erik Odeen hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. 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. Joakim Nyman was the one to do the kick off. If Marko Lund had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Arman Berggren fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Folke Hamnberg having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joakim Nyman in the 55th minute of play forced Ekshärad's goalkeeper Folke Hamnberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes into the match, Joakim Nyman notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Ekshärad's Folke Hamnberg. Folke Hamnberg was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Marko Lund hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Bernt Ström succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-1 in the 61st playminute. Joakim Nyman took the ball and in the 64 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Folke Hamnberg. Folke Hamnberg dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. A collision led to Ekshärad getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Allan Ahlroth hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in IFK Björnen's zone, Billy Uter stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bengt-Rune Blomquist came out of the goal and Billy Uter tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Bengt-Rune Blomquist made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bernt Ström in the 77th minute. Folke Hamnberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joakim Nyman in the 79th minute of play. After 82 played minutes Ekshärad got a freekick which was hit by Lars-Erik Odeen. Bengt-Rune Blomquist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Billy Uter in the 86th minute of play. If Joakim Nyman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marko Lund in the 93rd minute of play forced Ekshärad's goalkeeper Folke Hamnberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Joakim Nyman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Folke Hamnberg was relentless in the 99th minute of the game.