U21 League

Pauliström -vallen
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Elmtaryd Agunnaryd's Christer Pettersson started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Elmtaryd Agunnaryd's John-Arne Guidetti suffered a sore foot after 5 minutes and couldn't finish the game. When Claes Forss fell near the penalty area in the 5th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Pauliström's protests and gave Claes Forss a yellow card for diving instead. Elmtaryd Agunnaryd's Michael Baba Brundin was substituted for John-Arne Guidetti. Claes Forss hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. In the 6th minute of the match Börje Malmström shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Michael Wikander showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 16 played minutes Pauliström got a freekick which was hit by André Tolsson. Elmtaryd Agunnaryd's Christian Olsson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Elmtaryd Agunnaryd from getting a goal against them. Pauliström were awarded a corner in the 20th minute after Elmtaryd Agunnaryd's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Arman Skog took the corner. Ingvar Bredberg tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Christian Olsson. An unnecessary self made goal, 1-0 in the 20th minute. Robin Nordström's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Christian Olsson firmly grabbed it by the left post. Adrian Glad was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 26th minute. Pauliström's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Michael Wikander stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Christer Pettersson's shot from short distance in the 29th minute. Robin Nordström could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Christian Olsson made a huge save. A collision led to Pauliström getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Arman Skog hit a great ball. Michael Wikander didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mats-Olof Rubarth went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Christian Olsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Claes Forss, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. After 42 played minutes Pauliström got a freekick which was hit by Robin Nordström. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by André Tolsson during the 43rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Elmtaryd Agunnaryd booed when Pauliström was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. André Tolsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 44th minute of the match Börje Malmström shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Michael Wikander showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Elmtaryd Agunnaryd's Stefan Lindström got a free kick in the 46th minute.

Michael Wikander showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christer Pettersson in the 53rd minute of the match. After 56 minutes, Christer Pettersson made it 1-2 with a short kick to the right side. Pauliström's Michael Wikander tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Adrian Glad during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 58th match minute, Pauliström was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adrian Glad to maneuver through the defense. Mats-Olof Rubarth struck a weak shot in the 60th minute. Michael Wikander didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Elmtaryd Agunnaryd. Michael Wikander came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by Elmtaryd Agunnaryd's Christer Pettersson. But to his dismay, Christer Pettersson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. In the 65th minute, Ingvar Bredberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Claes Forss had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Christer Pettersson in the 68th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Michael Wikander prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Elmtaryd Agunnaryd were awarded a corner in the 70th minute after Pauliström's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Börje Malmström took the corner. Elmtaryd Agunnaryd's Börje Malmström was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Michael Wikander in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Christian Olsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Claes Forss, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Birger Klint in the 74th minute of play forced Elmtaryd Agunnaryd's goalkeeper Christian Olsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Christer Pettersson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Michael Wikander was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. In the 80th minute, Mats-Olof Rubarth ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Michael Wikander was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. In the 82nd match minute, Elmtaryd Agunnaryd was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christer Pettersson to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Elmtaryd Agunnaryd booed when Pauliström was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. André Tolsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Michael Wikander made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Christer Pettersson sent off a good shot on target. Elmtaryd Agunnaryd's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Börje Malmström in the 86th minute. Michael Wikander made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Mats-Olof Rubarth sent off a good shot on target. Christer Pettersson took the ball and in the 89 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Michael Wikander. Michael Wikander dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-5. In a very dangerous position, a player in Pauliström fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 94th minute. Penalty! Michael Wikander had in the 95thth minute some difficulties stopping Christer Pettersson's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. In the 97th minute, Mats-Olof Rubarth fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. After some fancy dribbling in the 99th minute, Christer Pettersson managed to get in a good position for a shot. Elmtaryd Agunnaryd's supporters rose to their feet, but Christer Pettersson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Michael Wikander breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The Pauliström supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Elmtaryd Agunnaryd's performance. The match ended with a win for Elmtaryd Agunnaryd.