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Spectators: 7444 (Terracing: 5584, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Karl-Ove Söderström kicked off to start the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alejo Veliz got free with Almir Miranda in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Almir Miranda took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dave Mathy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 12th minute, Gnesta Oilers's Alejo Veliz ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Almir Miranda. Almir Miranda yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. Almir Miranda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dave Mathy in the 19th minute of the match. In the last second Almir Miranda throw himself and got hold of the ball when Dave Mathy in the 19thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Almir Miranda was out of position in the 20 minute of play, and Alejo Veliz capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Alejo Veliz really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. The crowd rose to their feet as Gnesta Oilers's Alejo Veliz slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Almir Miranda. That made the score 4-0 after 25 minutes of play. A sloppy throw-in by Anselmo Cruz in the 30th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Gnesta Oilers's Claes Thidén. After 32 minutes of play, Gnesta Oilers's Karl-Ove Söderström made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Almir Miranda was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mitnarotov FC's Almir Miranda proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save Mitnarotov FC from getting a goal against them. In the 36th minute, Dave Mathy ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Almir Miranda was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. Karl-Ove Söderström could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Almir Miranda made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alejo Veliz got free with Almir Miranda in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 7-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fred Luz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Fred Luz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 53rd minute of the match, but Patrick Eliasson made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karl-Ove Söderström in the 55th minute of play forced Mitnarotov FC's goalkeeper Almir Miranda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fred Luz got free with Patrick Eliasson in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Almir Miranda came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by Gnesta Oilers's Dave Mathy. But to his dismay, Dave Mathy quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 8-0. Alejo Veliz scored 9-0 in the 65th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Almir Miranda, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Gnesta Oilers's Alfred Liljeström was substituted for Claes Thidén. The throw-in from Clemente Coelho in the 69th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Gnesta Oilers's Alfred Liljeström. Almir Miranda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alejo Veliz in the 70th minute of play. After 71 played minutes Mitnarotov FC got a freekick which was hit by Walmir Quintal. After a rather tough play, Mitnarotov FC's Murillo Leão got a free kick in the 73rd minute. In the 74th minute Karl-Ove Söderström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Almir Miranda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 76th minute, Murillo Leão hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gnesta Oilers's Ludvig Söderlund was substituted for John Dahlquist. After a rather tough play, Mitnarotov FC's Murillo Leão got a free kick in the 77th minute. Almir Miranda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dave Mathy, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. 82 minutes into the match, Mitnarotov FC's goal looked a bit too open when Dave Mathy came free, but Almir Miranda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fred Luz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Gnesta Oilers's Patrick Eliasson got control of the ball when Fred Luz tried to sneak it across the goal line. Almir Miranda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karl-Ove Söderström, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Karl-Ove Söderström took the ball and in the 93 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Almir Miranda. Almir Miranda dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 10-0. There was no doubt that Gnesta Oilers were the better team. Gnesta Oilers's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.