League Play-Off

Stadium of Joy
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Bengt Vall started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Kalle Sellberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Charlie Hultman in the 3rd minute of play. 4 minutes into the match, Crying Heart's goal looked a bit too open when Roy Wallman came free, but Kalle Sellberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 8th minute, Thomas Hamnberg reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Melker Odin. The goal made the score 1-0. Jarl Apelqvist hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Thomas Hamnberg recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 17th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Melker Odin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ludwig Utfal went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Kalle Sellberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thomas Olofsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kalle Sellberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roy Wallman in the 28th minute of the match. Thomas Hamnberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Melker Odin having to interfere. 36 minutes into the match, Thomas Olofsson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kalle Sellberg. Crying Heart's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Thomas Olofsson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. In the 41st match minute, Västerhaninge IFK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jarl Apelqvist to maneuver through the defense. When Västerhaninge IFK's Thomas Olofsson in the 43rd minute got a chance for a shot 43rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Crying Heart's goalie prevented a goal. A collision led to Västerhaninge IFK getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. George Kvick hit a great ball. When Bengt Vall came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the Crying Heart 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 Bengt Vall couldn't finish the play. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Thomas Olofsson to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute Thomas Hamnberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Melker Odin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Västerhaninge IFK's Evert Sundberg slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Kalle Sellberg. That made the score 2-2 after 57 minutes of play. In the 62nd minute, Västerhaninge IFK's Bernt Dahlberg ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Kalle Sellberg. Kalle Sellberg yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-3. When Bengt Vall came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Crying Heart 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 Bengt Vall couldn't finish the play. Melker Odin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Thomas Hamnberg in the 70th minute of play. Thanks to some nice moves Charlie Hultman could shoot a difficult shot in the 72nd minute, which Kalle Sellberg however easily saved by the left post. After a defensive mix-up in Västerhaninge IFK's zone, Pär Petersson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Melker Odin came out of the goal and Pär Petersson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jörgen Österberg kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. Kalle Sellberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Thomas Olofsson in the 77th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Henrik Sjögren during the 80th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Kalle Sellberg made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Charlie Hultman sent off a good shot on target. Kalle Sellberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thomas Olofsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Crying Heart's Kalle Sellberg proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Crying Heart from getting a goal against them. In the 86th minute, Thomas Olofsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Melker Odin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bengt Vall's shot from short distance in the 87th minute. 92 minutes into the game, Crying Heart's Jörgen Österberg nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Melker Odin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-3. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Evert Sundberg during the 95th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Crying Heart booed when Västerhaninge IFK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Evert Sundberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.