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Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) spikarna's Kaj Hård 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. Vykans Vikingar's Marcus Ekrot proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Vykans Vikingar from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as spikarna's Sven Nordkvist slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Marcus Ekrot. That made the score 1-0 after 8 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Atakan Pepe in the 16th minute of play forced Vykans Vikingar's goalkeeper Marcus Ekrot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Atakan Pepe's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcus Ekrot was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. Lars Norberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonardo Trancoso, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. 20 minutes into the match, Leonardo Trancoso had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lars Norberg. spikarna's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Leonardo Trancoso was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Niklas Söderberg kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Marcus Ekrot. That made the score 2-1 in the 28 minute of play. 31 minutes into the match, spikarna's goal looked a bit too open when Abdi Revis came free, but Lars Norberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 36th minute, Niklas Söderberg managed to get in a good position for a shot. spikarna's supporters rose to their feet, but Niklas Söderberg was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcus Ekrot breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Lars Norberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mats Hermansson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Vykans Vikingar's Abdi Revis, in the 42nd minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Vykans Vikingar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonardo Trancoso in the 44th minute of play forced spikarna's goalkeeper Lars Norberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Mats Hermansson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Lars Norberg made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abdi Revis got free with Lars Norberg in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee felt a red card was in order, 55 minutes into the game, when Tage Glanselius put in a rough tackle. Tage Glanselius kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. 56 minutes into the match, spikarna's Atakan Pepe sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marcus Ekrot narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Marcus Ekrot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kaj Hård in the 57th minute of play. Mats Hermansson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lars Norberg having to interfere. In the 64th minute Sven Nordkvist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcus Ekrot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 64 minutes, Olof Hamnberg mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the spikarna and the Vykans Vikingar players grew even worse after the yellow card. Vykans Vikingar's Bengt-Arne Haglund was substituted for Martin Mutumba. Vykans Vikingar's Nono Rico was substituted for Eric Van Lint. A collision led to spikarna getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Olof Hamnberg hit a great ball. Leonardo Trancoso's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Lars Norberg firmly grabbed it by the left post. If Mats Hermansson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Olof Hamnberg in the 74th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marcus Ekrot saved Vykans Vikingar from getting behind. Abdi Revis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Lars Norberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marcus Ekrot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olof Hamnberg in the 78th minute of the match. An unexpected shot in the 81st minute by Abdi Revis got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sven Nordkvist in the 83rd minute of play forced Vykans Vikingar's goalkeeper Marcus Ekrot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Kaj Hård in the 84th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marcus Ekrot saved Vykans Vikingar from getting behind. Vykans Vikingar's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.