League Play-Off

Linde Arena
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) George Grep started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 4th minute, Linde BK's Mauricio Rico dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Josef Spets received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Malte Överman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Linde BK's Mauricio Rico was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 10th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mauricio Rico got free with Mark Eriksson in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dick Linqvist recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Dick Linqvist had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 23 played minutes fakatax got a freekick which was hit by Boris Giöck. After some careless play in the Linde BK defense, George Grep kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Malte Överman. The Linde BK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Malte Överman should have stopped the shot. 34 minutes into the match, fakatax's goal looked a bit too open when Dick Linqvist came free, but Mark Eriksson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 37th minute, Linde BK's Gösta Lindström dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-1. Isak Pettersson hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. The supporters of fakatax booed when Linde BK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jonas Finman didn't get a good kick on the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mauricio Rico stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Rune Öfverman charged in rather forcefully in the 55th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rune Öfverman the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 55th match minute, fakatax was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rune Öfverman to maneuver through the defense. Linde BK's Mauricio Rico got a good chance for a goal in the 56th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mark Eriksson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mauricio Rico, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mauricio Rico received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Mark Eriksson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Dick Linqvist came up free with the goalie in the 65th minute, the Linde BK 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 Dick Linqvist couldn't finish the play. When Linde BK's Joseph Mårtensson in the 68th minute got a chance for a shot 68th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye fakatax's goalie prevented a goal. Linde BK's Malte Överman proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save Linde BK from getting a goal against them. 73 minutes into the game, Dick Linqvist cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-1. Mark Eriksson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 86thth minute of the game Mauricio Rico who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but fakatax's Mark Eriksson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Mark Eriksson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mauricio Rico's shot from short distance in the 90th minute. Mark Eriksson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonas Finman in the 91st minute of play. Karl-Erik Rydberg hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Linde BK fully deserved thier win.