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Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Gnesta Oilers's Jack Bergman 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. Torekov's Birger Söderqvist managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Sven-Åke Gadd in the 4 minute of the game. Ernst Strömberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Gösta Bergqvist tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kristian Albom made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sakarias Hellbom in the 8th minute of play. Jonas Smitt sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Torekov getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Ulf Ersman hit a great ball. In the 15th play minute Sakarias Hellbom came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Kristian Albom. 1-0. A collision led to Gnesta Oilers getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Tomas Henriksson hit a great ball. If Jonas Smitt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Torekov getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Tom Bredberg hit a great ball. Kristian Albom made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jack Bergman in the 24th minute of play. Kristian Albom made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonny Söderman in the 26th minute of play. 28 minutes into the match, Gnesta Oilers's goal looked a bit too open when Ulf Ersman came free, but Gösta Bergqvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Jonas Smitt came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the Gnesta Oilers fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jonas Smitt couldn't finish the play. Kristian Albom showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jack Bergman in the 32nd minute of the match. Jonas Smitt sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 39 minutes into the match, Torekov's goalkeeper Kristian Albom had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Henriksson. In the 40thth minute of the game Ulf Ersman who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gnesta Oilers's Gösta Bergqvist was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Gnesta Oilers's Sverker Fågel got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Ulf Ersman recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 43rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of Gnesta Oilers booed when Torekov was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Birger Söderqvist didn't get a good kick on the ball. 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.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ulf Ersman to strike the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Torekov's Birger Söderqvist got a free kick in the 52nd minute. In the 53rd minute Jack Bergman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kristian Albom saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ernst Strömberg took the ball and in the 55 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gösta Bergqvist. Gösta Bergqvist dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Jack Bergman took the ball and in the 58 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Kristian Albom. Kristian Albom 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. Kristian Albom showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Henriksson in the 73rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sakarias Hellbom in the 77th minute of play forced Torekov's goalkeeper Kristian Albom to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 81 minutes into the game, Birger Söderqvist was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Torekov's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Gnesta Oilers the free kick. In the 82nd match minute, Torekov was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Birger Söderqvist to maneuver through the defense. In the 85th minute, Sakarias Hellbom ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kristian Albom was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-1. Kristian Albom didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jack Bergman went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-1 was the resulting score. In the 96th minute, Rikard Östlund hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Gnesta Oilers had played much better football throughout.