League

Smedstorp
Spectators: 7248 (Terracing: 5437, Seating: 1667, VIP seats: 144) Västerås SK's Kenny Ekberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by John Eckegren in the 4th minute of play. Albert Wallengren showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Peter Mårtensson, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Peter Mårtensson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Albert Wallengren tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 11th minute of the match Peter Åkesson shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Albert Wallengren showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Albert Wallengren showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Peter Mårtensson, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Charlie Pååk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kenny Ekberg having to interfere. Wiktor Liljeström hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Kenny Ekberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from John Eckegren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Västerås SK defense, Charlie Pååk kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Kenny Ekberg. The Västerås SK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Kenny Ekberg should have stopped the shot. Albert Wallengren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robin Igelström in the 38th minute of the match. Kenny Ekberg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Charlie Pååk in the 40th minute. Peter Mårtensson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 41st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. John Eckegren was the one to do the kick off. Peter Mårtensson was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 53rd minute. Västerås SK's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Peter Mårtensson in the 60th minute of play forced Smedstorp's goalkeeper Albert Wallengren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 67thth minute of the game Peter Mårtensson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Smedstorp's Albert Wallengren was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Smedstorp's Albert Wallengren proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save Smedstorp from getting a goal against them. Jarl Fagerberg kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. Charlie Pååk sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the Västerås SK defense, Charlie Pååk kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Kenny Ekberg. The Västerås SK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Kenny Ekberg should have stopped the shot. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Smedstorp had won after a very even match.