League Play-Off

Arena Jubilo
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Richard Edström started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Jubilo Iwata's Gustaf Henriksson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Richard Edström in the 5th minute of play. Kenny Alströms short, quick shot in the 7thth minute got Paredes Goiano to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Kenny Alström's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Paredes Goiano firmly grabbed it by the left post. Manchester City's Paredes Goiano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lars Wallgren in the 12th minute of play. Gustaf Henriksson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Richard Edström in the 16th minute of the match. Paredes Goiano made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kenny Alström in the 17th minute. Manchester City's Paredes Goiano proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Manchester City from getting a goal against them. When Alf Möllgren came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Manchester City 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 Alf Möllgren couldn't finish the play. Gustaf Henriksson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Richard Edström in the 28th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, Jubilo Iwata's goal looked a bit too open when Richard Edström came free, but Gustaf Henriksson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gustaf Henriksson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Richard Edström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gustaf Henriksson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Richard Edström, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Richard Edström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Gustaf Henriksson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Manchester City booed when Jubilo Iwata was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jadon Sancho didn't get a good kick on the ball. Paredes Goiano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lars Wallgren, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Lars Wallgren was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st match minute, Jubilo Iwata was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Manfred Trulsson to maneuver through the defense. In the 54th minute Kenny Alström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paredes Goiano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gustaf Henriksson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Richard Edström in the 55th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Richard Edström's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gustaf Henriksson was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. 68 minutes into the game, Kurt Bäcklin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Jubilo Iwata's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Manchester City the free kick. The supporters of Manchester City booed when Jubilo Iwata was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kurt Bäcklin didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 73 minutes, David Vigren mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Jubilo Iwata and the Manchester City players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Jubilo Iwata's Karl-Åke Apelkvist got a free kick in the 77th minute. After a rather tough play, Jubilo Iwata's Lars Wallgren got a free kick in the 82nd minute. Manchester City's Paredes Goiano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karl-Åke Apelkvist in the 84th minute of play. 85 minutes into the game, Ulf Tingelholm recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Gustaf Henriksson. Ulf Tingelholm showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-1. Thanks to some nice moves Richard Edström could shoot a difficult shot in the 89th minute, which Gustaf Henriksson however easily saved by the left post. Manchester City's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Malte Göransson in the 90th minute. A nice corner shot did that Malte Göransson got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Gustaf Henriksson quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The Manchester City supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Manchester City would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.