Ljungbyholm
Spectators: 7431 (Terracing: 5575,
Seating: 1709, VIP seats: 147) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Everardo Erroman kicked off to start the match. After 2 minutes, Olov Åkerberg mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Rinkeby Torg BK and the Ljungbyholm players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Rinkeby Torg BK's Olov Åkerberg got a free kick in the 2nd minute. With an all-out effort, Ljungbyholm's Sten Lundgren threw himself towards the right post 3 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Tao Shi Fan, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Olov Åkerberg in the 6th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Manfred Öberg saved Ljungbyholm from getting behind. A nice corner shot did that Everardo Erroman got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Manfred Öberg quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Sten Lundgren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tao Shi Fan in the 10th minute of the match. 12 minutes into the game, Ljungbyholm's Ivar Billock nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sten Lundgren made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Feliks Nieruchliwy in the 15th minute of play forced Ljungbyholm's goalkeeper Manfred Öberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Olov Åkerberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Manfred Öberg was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Rinkeby Torg BK's Alfred Asplund got a free kick in the 23rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Everardo Erroman in the 27th minute of play forced Ljungbyholm's goalkeeper Manfred Öberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice moves Ivar Billock could shoot a difficult shot in the 33rd minute, which Sten Lundgren however easily saved by the left post. Sten Lundgren was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ivar Billock showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 35 minute of play. With his leg Sten Lundgren managed to avoid a goal in the 38thth minute, when Ljungbyholm's Ivar Billock fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 41 minutes into the match, Ljungbyholm's goal looked a bit too open when Olov Åkerberg came free, but Manfred Öberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sten Lundgren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivar Billock in the 43rd minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.
51 minutes into the match, Rinkeby Torg BK's goal looked a bit too open when Fredrik Söderquist came free, but Sten Lundgren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sten Lundgren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mariusz Prusinowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Ljungbyholm's zone, Olov Åkerberg stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Manfred Öberg came out of the goal and Olov Åkerberg tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Sten Lundgren showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivar Billock, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. When Ljungbyholm's Tao Shi Fan in the 58th minute got a chance for a shot 58th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Rinkeby Torg BK's goalie prevented a goal. In the 59th match minute, Rinkeby Torg BK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Igor Siedlecki to maneuver through the defense. Manfred Öberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olov Åkerberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sten Lundgren stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tao Shi Fan's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. In the 68th minute, Ivar Billock hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ljungbyholm's Waldir Andrade was substituted for Ivar Billock. The supporters of Rinkeby Torg BK booed when Ljungbyholm was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ivar Billock didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 70th minute Fredrik Söderquist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sten Lundgren saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Everardo Erroman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manfred Öberg having to interfere. Sten Lundgren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Waldir Andrade in the 82nd minute of the match. If Feliks Nieruchliwy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gheorghe Ţopescu kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. Everardo Erroman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Tao Shi Fan came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Ljungbyholm 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 Tao Shi Fan couldn't finish the play.
Ljungbyholm were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Rinkeby Torg BK for a fine match.
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