Nitra Park
Spectators: 7579 (Terracing: 5685,
Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Davi Prestes started the match with the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Lite Finare Lite Bättre's zone, Rodrigo Arantes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. John Bergström came out of the goal and Rodrigo Arantes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Lite Finare Lite Bättre's Rutger Lundin got a free kick in the 4th minute. Lite Finare Lite Bättre's John Bergström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodrigo Arantes in the 5th minute of play. When Sven-Åke Askberg came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the Lite Finare Lite Bättre 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 Sven-Åke Askberg couldn't finish the play. André Luiz Koehler showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ove Hökkvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. When Rodrigo Arantes came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the Nitra FC 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 Rodrigo Arantes couldn't finish the play. In the 23rd minute, Rutger Lundin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Lite Finare Lite Bättre's zone, Davi Prestes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. John Bergström came out of the goal and Davi Prestes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 29 minutes into the match, Nitra FC's goal looked a bit too open when Sven-Åke Askberg came free, but André Luiz Koehler reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 31 minutes of play, Lite Finare Lite Bättre's Otto Kollin made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. André Luiz Koehler was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ove Hökkvist in the 35th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck André Luiz Koehler prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Guto Mineiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. John Bergström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 40 minutes into the match, Nitra FC's Alexandre Mendonça sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that John Bergström narrowly saved just below the crossbar. André Luiz Koehler showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ove Hökkvist in the 43rd minute of the match. In the 44th minute, Guto Mineiro 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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ove Hökkvist in the 45th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck André Luiz Koehler prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Otto Kollin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lite Finare Lite Bättre's supporters rose to their feet, but Otto Kollin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. André Luiz Koehler breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ove Hökkvist was the one to do the kick off. Ove Hökkvist could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but André Luiz Koehler made a huge save. In the 53rd minute of the match, Ove Hökkvist got a very nice opportunity to score, but André Luiz Koehler was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. A collision led to Nitra FC getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Fabinho Fontes hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Nitra FC's Fabinho Fontes got a free kick in the 55th minute. When Alexandre Mendonça fell near the penalty area in the 57th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Nitra FC's protests and gave Alexandre Mendonça a yellow card for diving instead. In the 58th match minute, Nitra FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexandre Mendonça to maneuver through the defense. Guto Mineiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without John Bergström having to interfere. Guto Mineiro blasted a shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without John Bergström having to make a save. In the 64th minute Davi Prestes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but John Bergström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner led Nitra FC's Nelsinho Ceresso to fire away a dangerous shot which John Bergström despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Nitra FC's André Luiz Koehler proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save Nitra FC from getting a goal against them. André Luiz Koehler stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ove Hökkvist's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Anthon Utter managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lite Finare Lite Bättre's supporters rose to their feet, but Anthon Utter was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. André Luiz Koehler breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Otto Kollin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without André Luiz Koehler having to interfere. André Luiz Koehler made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Ove Hökkvist sent off a good shot on target. After 82 played minutes Nitra FC got a freekick which was hit by Guto Mineiro. Ove Hökkvists short, quick shot in the 84thth minute got André Luiz Koehler to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ove Hökkvist in the 88th minute of play forced Nitra FC's goalkeeper André Luiz Koehler to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 89th minute, Mathias Bäck hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Lite Finare Lite Bättre's Ove Hökkvist in the 94th minute got a chance for a shot 94th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Nitra FC's goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Ove Hökkvist's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but André Luiz Koehler was relentless in the 95th minute of the game.
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