League Play-Off

Backe
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Östen Helander got the match started through his kick off. Walter Strandberg came out of the goal in the 7th minute to try and stop a shot by Billingsfors BK's Stein-Roger Hofseth. But to his dismay, Stein-Roger Hofseth quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Stein-Roger Hofseth charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Stein-Roger Hofseth the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Stein-Roger Hofseth blasted a shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Walter Strandberg having to make a save. In the 17th match minute, Backe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Östen Helander to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 18 minutes, Stein-Roger Hofseth put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Walter Strandberg. When Stein-Roger Hofseth came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the Billingsfors 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 Stein-Roger Hofseth couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in Backe's zone, Stein-Roger Hofseth stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Walter Strandberg came out of the goal and Stein-Roger Hofseth tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Stein-Roger Hofseth sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Waclaw Andrzejewski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Walter Strandberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stein-Roger Hofseth, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Lukas Kullgren's late challenge caught a Backe's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lukas Kullgren helped the player get up and apologised. Elias Hult lost his temper 45 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. 45 minutes into the game, one of Backe:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Billingsfors BK a penalty, 48 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Andreas Molin, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Backe's Walter Strandberg. 0-4. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Stein-Roger Hofseth made a kick off. 55 minutes into the match, Stein-Roger Hofseth had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Walter Strandberg. Backe's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Stein-Roger Hofseth was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. Waclaw Andrzejewski in the 58thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Walter Strandberg, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Arvid Bergdal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Alec Parslow tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stein-Roger Hofseth succeeded in the game's 66th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-7. Waclaw Andrzejewski had several of the Backe's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 74 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-8 score and a disappointed Walter Strandberg as he didn't even see the shot coming. Walter Strandberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stein-Roger Hofseth, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Stein-Roger Hofseth's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Walter Strandberg read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 89th minute of play. Walter Strandberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stein-Roger Hofseth in the 99th minute of play. When the final whistle sounded Billingsfors BK left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Backe.