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Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Niklas Lundqvist started the match with the kick off. Niklas Lundqvist fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lars Norberg having to interfere. Niklas Lundqvist could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Lars Norberg made a huge save. spikarna's Lars Norberg proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save spikarna from getting a goal against them. 10 minutes into the game, spikarna's Sven Nordkvist nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marcos Basso made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Lars Norberg made a fantastic save in the 16th minute, when Niklas Lundqvist sent off a good shot on target. The Shadows's Marcos Basso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kaj Hård in the 18th minute of play. Marcos Basso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olof Hamnberg in the 19th minute of play. Niklas Lundqvist's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Lars Norberg read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 20th minute of play. After 22 minutes spikarna's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ni Zhen Ying who took care of the corner kick. Marcos Basso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sven Nordkvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. 27 minutes into the game, Niklas Lundqvist was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. The Shadows's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave spikarna the free kick. In the 28th minute, Niklas Lundqvist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The corner led The Shadows's Herbert Holmgren to fire away a dangerous shot which Lars Norberg despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Marcos Basso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olof Hamnberg in the 37th minute of the match. Niklas Lundqvist might have been able to make a better finish in the 38th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lars Norberg. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Niklas Lundqvist ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Niklas Lundqvist in the 38th minute of play forced spikarna's goalkeeper Lars Norberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Atakan Pepe in the 41st minute of play forced The Shadows's goalkeeper Marcos Basso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 42nd minute, Kaj Hård hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The Shadows's Niklas Lundqvist got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Marcos Basso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kaj Hård in the 45th minute of the match. The Shadows were awarded a corner in the 48th minute after spikarna's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ni Zhen Ying took the corner.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Kaj Hård made a kick off. In the 53rd minute, Konrad Lewicki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 58th match minute, spikarna was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Konrad Lewicki to maneuver through the defense. After 59 played minutes spikarna got a freekick which was hit by Konrad Lewicki. 64 minutes into the match, Niklas Lundqvist 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 Niklas Lundqvist was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. 67 minutes into the match, The Shadows's Niklas Lundqvist sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lars Norberg narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Lars Norberg didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Niklas Lundqvist went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. The Shadows's Pawel Gibowski was substituted for Bo á Bø. Lars Norberg stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Niklas Lundqvist's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Niklas Lundqvist in the 87th minute of play forced spikarna's goalkeeper Lars Norberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 97th minute, David Silva sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and spikarna's Lars Norberg didn't even have to move. The Shadows were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of spikarna for a fine match.