League Play-Off

Tallboda-vallen
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Linus Stenqvist started the match with the kick off. Tallboda Gunners's Frans Billström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mattias Svan in the 5th minute of play. If Mattias Svan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rickard Stålman could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Qin Ting Peng made a huge save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Kristoffer Bjurström in the 12th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Frans Billström prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 19 minutes into the match, Mattias Svan notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Tallboda Gunners's Frans Billström. Frans Billström was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The corner ended in Peter Skytt almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Stockholm IF's Qin Ting Peng did a great save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Martin Lang got free with Qin Ting Peng in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 28 minutes into the match, Mattias Svan notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Tallboda Gunners's Frans Billström. Frans Billström was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 31 minutes into the match, Stockholm IF's goal looked a bit too open when Rickard Stålman came free, but Qin Ting Peng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 39 minutes had been played when some careless play by Tallboda Gunners's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Krzysztof Bobrowski was slow to take the kick. During this time Stockholm IF's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Krzysztof Bobrowski got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Frans Billström quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Through an outstanding action, after 43 minutes, Qin Ting Peng successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Bo Brun charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bo Brun the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 46th match minute, Stockholm IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bo Brun to maneuver through the defense. The Tallboda Gunners players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Stockholm IF were winning 0-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Kristoffer Bjurström to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Tallboda Gunners booed when Stockholm IF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kristoffer Bjurström didn't get a good kick on the ball. Martin Lang's late challenge caught a Stockholm IF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Martin Lang helped the player get up and apologised. Martin Lang hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. In the 59th minute Rickard Stålman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Qin Ting Peng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Stockholm IF getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Bo Brun hit a great ball. Qin Ting Peng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rickard Stålman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 68 played minutes Stockholm IF got a freekick which was hit by Rudolf Jonsson. Qin Ting Peng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karl-Erik Ahlbom in the 69th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Tallboda Gunners defense, Kristoffer Bjurström kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Frans Billström. The Tallboda Gunners fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Frans Billström should have stopped the shot. Karl-Erik Ahlbom's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Qin Ting Peng read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 74th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karl-Erik Ahlbom in the 76th minute of play forced Stockholm IF's goalkeeper Qin Ting Peng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tallboda Gunners's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Peter Skytt in the 83rd minute. Stockholm IF's Qin Ting Peng played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rickard Stålman in the 85th minute of play. Tallboda Gunners's Robin Nordlund managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Bo Brun in the 88 minute of the game. Bo Brun kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. Chants of Stockholm IF echoed around the stadium as the match drew to a close. Supporters and players were both delighted with the win, as Tallboda Gunners had held the ball for most of the match.