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Spectators: 6783 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1683, VIP seats: 100) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Filip Classon started the match with the kick off. When the match had gone on for 4 minutes, Filip Classon took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Carl Markusson to make any attempt to save it. 18 minutes into the match, Refuse To Swim's goal looked a bit too open when Rutger Blomquist came free, but Patrik Holmberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 20th minute, Refuse To Swim's Filip Classon dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Konrad Blomqvist received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Carl Markusson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Konrad Blomqvist fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carl Markusson having to interfere. Patrik Holmberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rutger Blomquist, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. If Konrad Blomqvist had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 42 minutes into the match, Refuse To Swim's goal looked a bit too open when Jens-Ola Nyström came free, but Patrik Holmberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 46 minutes, Filip Classon managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Refuse To Swim's supporters crossed their fingers, but Filip Classon was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Rutger Blomquist made a kick off. After 52 played minutes Refuse To Swim got a freekick which was hit by Filip Classon. Konrad Blomqvist took the ball and in the 55 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Carl Markusson. Carl Markusson dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. If Calle Berggren had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 64th minute Rutger Blomquist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patrik Holmberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Konrad Blomqvist sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Carl Markusson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Filip Classon went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. 75 minutes into the match, De EfterBlivna's Kaj Gustafsson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Patrik Holmberg narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Örjan Lind during the 75th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Refuse To Swim getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Örjan Lind hit a great ball. In a very dangerous position, a player in Refuse To Swim fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 78th minute. Penalty! A hard shot by Ingemar Larsson from long distance, 83 minutes into the match, got Patrik Holmberg's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. In the 87th minute, Edgar Isaksson 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. Jimmie Alströmer hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. Jens-Ola Nyström sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Carl Markusson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Konrad Blomqvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filip Classon in the 98th minute of play forced De EfterBlivna's goalkeeper Carl Markusson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the referee ended the match the Refuse To Swim players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.