League Play-Off

Kolbäck -vallen
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. Per Kråk started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, Kolbäck IFK's Patrik Giliusson got a free kick in the 4th minute. Mathias Brolin came out of the goal in the 9th minute to try and stop a shot by Flisby's Pål Vallin. But to his dismay, Pål Vallin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. After 12 minutes, William Nilsson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Flisby and the Kolbäck IFK players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Kolbäck IFK booed when Flisby was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. William Nilsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mathias Brolin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erik Lindell in the 15th minute of the match. Lars-Erik Rangs short, quick shot in the 22ndth minute got Robin Håkansson to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 23rd minute, Arne Ståhlman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Kolbäck IFK getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Patrik Giliusson hit a great ball. Per Kråk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Robin Håkansson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 30th minute, Erik Lindell ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mathias Brolin was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Erik Lindell fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mathias Brolin having to interfere. Krister Vennerström's late challenge caught a Flisby's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Krister Vennerström helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Flisby booed when Kolbäck IFK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Krister Vennerström didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Flisby's Erik Lindell in the 41st minute got a chance for a shot 41st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Kolbäck IFK's goalie prevented a goal. If Pål Vallin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 45th minute Erik Lindell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mathias Brolin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Pål Vallin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Erik Lindell came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the Flisby 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 Erik Lindell couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pål Vallin in the 62nd minute of play forced Kolbäck IFK's goalkeeper Mathias Brolin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 64 minutes into the match, Flisby's Erik Lindell sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mathias Brolin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Erik Lindell had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Pål Vallin in the 70th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mathias Brolin saved Kolbäck IFK from getting behind. After having played for 73 minutes, Pål Vallin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Flisby's supporters crossed their fingers, but Pål Vallin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Kolbäck IFK's Mathias Brolin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Kolbäck IFK from getting a goal against them. Göran Sjöö charged in rather forcefully in the 80th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Göran Sjöö the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Flisby booed when Kolbäck IFK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Göran Sjöö didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, Kolbäck IFK's Mathias Brolin got control of the ball when Erik Lindell tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Marcus Trulsson fell near the penalty area in the 85th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Kolbäck IFK's protests and gave Marcus Trulsson a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Kolbäck IFK getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Marcus Trulsson hit a great ball. Mathias Brolin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pål Vallin in the 88th minute of play. Pål Vallin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Mathias Brolin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Flisby played a much better game than Kolbäck IFK and deserved their victory. The Kolbäck IFK players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.