League Play-Off

Kungsäter
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, 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. John Lind started the match with the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Söderköping's zone, Harald Ekegren stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Oskar Westerberg came out of the goal and Harald Ekegren tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Muttsmuttarnas ff's Eric Broberg got a free kick in the 7th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Söderköping's zone, Eric Broberg stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Oskar Westerberg came out of the goal and Eric Broberg tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Oskar Westerberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Harald Ekegren in the 15th minute of play. Axel Knutsson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Axel Knutsson kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. John Lind fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rasmus Blixt having to interfere. Sven-Erik Beckeman hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Söderköping's Oskar Westerberg got control of the ball when Harald Ekegren tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 38 minutes, Marc Svanér mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Söderköping and the Muttsmuttarnas ff players grew even worse after the yellow card. Muttsmuttarnas ff's Rasmus Blixt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karl-Oskar Stolpe in the 43rd minute of play. In the 45th minute, Muttsmuttarnas ff's Harald Ekegren ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Oskar Westerberg. Oskar Westerberg yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Harald Ekegren to make the kick off. Harald Ekegren's late challenge caught a Söderköping's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Harald Ekegren helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Muttsmuttarnas ff getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Harald Ekegren hit a great ball. Håkan Tingelholm made in the 54th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Muttsmuttarnas ff's Tomas Lång. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Harald Ekegren in the 55th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Oskar Westerberg saved Söderköping from getting behind. The crowd rose to their feet as Söderköping's John Lind slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Rasmus Blixt. That made the score 2-1 after 67 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Harald Ekegren in the 72nd minute of play forced Söderköping's goalkeeper Oskar Westerberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Johan Lundhberg charged in rather forcefully in the 72nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Johan Lundhberg the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 73rd match minute, Söderköping was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Johan Lundhberg to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 75 minutes, Harald Ekegren managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Muttsmuttarnas ff's supporters crossed their fingers, but Harald Ekegren was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Tomas Lång had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The throw-in from Max Rudqvist in the 79th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Muttsmuttarnas ff's Axel Knutsson. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Eric Broberg managed to get in a good position for a shot. Muttsmuttarnas ff's supporters rose to their feet, but Eric Broberg was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Oskar Westerberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 86th minute the ball was on its way in behind Söderköping's goalkeeper Oskar Westerberg, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 88 minutes into the match, Marc Svanér dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Rasmus Blixt, 2-2. Rasmus Blixt was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 92nd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Håkan Tingelholm. Söderköping's Johan Lundhberg suffered a sprained foot after 92 minutes and couldn't finish the game. When Tomas Lång fell near the penalty area in the 93rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Muttsmuttarnas ff's protests and gave Tomas Lång a yellow card for diving instead. In the 94th minute, Tomas Lång hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Söderköping succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Muttsmuttarnas ff had controlled the match.