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Hallstahammar Stadio
Spectators: 7259 (Terracing: 5446, Seating: 1669, VIP seats: 144) In the 3rd minute Jörgen Hedkvist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jens-Åke Carlberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 12th minute Jörgen Hedkvist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jens-Åke Carlberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 16 minutes into the match, Hammarby IF's Gilbert Giliusson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jens-Åke Viklund narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Lennart Abrahamsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jens-Åke Viklund was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. Gilbert Giliusson took the ball and in the 30 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jens-Åke Viklund. Jens-Åke Viklund dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Gilbert Giliusson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Jens-Åke Viklund tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jens-Åke Viklund stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gilbert Giliusson's shot from short distance in the 39th minute. 40 minutes into the game, Joachim Björnsson was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Hallstahammar's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Hammarby IF the free kick. A collision led to Hallstahammar getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Joachim Björnsson hit a great ball. Robert Pettersson, 41 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Jens-Åke Carlberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jörgen Hedkvist in the 46th minute of the match. In the 51stth minute of the game Jörgen Hedkvist who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Hammarby IF's Jens-Åke Carlberg was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gilbert Giliusson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Hallstahammar's Jens-Åke Viklund proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save Hallstahammar from getting a goal against them. After 62 minutes, Edvin Alström mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Hallstahammar and the Hammarby IF players grew even worse after the yellow card. Jens-Åke Carlberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jörgen Hedkvist in the 70th minute of the match. Nils Sävström scored 1-2 in the 76th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jens-Åke Carlberg, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Simon Mellberg's late challenge caught a Hallstahammar's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Simon Mellberg helped the player get up and apologised. If Lennart Abrahamsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 89th match minute, Hallstahammar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joachim Björnsson to maneuver through the defense. Jens-Åke Carlberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nils Sävström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 95 played minutes Hammarby IF got a freekick which was hit by Bengt Nordal. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Hammarby IF eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.