League Play-Off

Ulrika Stadion
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Christer Åberg took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 5th minute of the match, Christer Åberg tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Johannes Palmkvist saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Peter Lidberg got free with Johannes Palmkvist in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Johannes Palmkvist was out of position in the 12 minute of play, and Christer Åberg capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Christer Åberg really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Ulrika's Gabriel Giöck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Harry Björling in the 15th minute of play. Harry Björling might have been able to make a better finish in the 18th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gabriel Giöck. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Harry Björling ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience was convinced that Ludvig Bengtsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gabriel Giöck was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Göran Sundin kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. In the 27th minute, Mats Sävström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Harry Björling had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ulrika's Gabriel Giöck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ludvig Bengtsson in the 34th minute of play. Johannes Palmkvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christer Åberg in the 41st minute of play. Harry Björling sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Harry Björling received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Gabriel Giöck tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ludvig Bengtsson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Oskar Pedersson kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. With an all-out effort, Delsbo RK's Gabriel Giöck threw himself towards the right post 54 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ludvig Bengtsson, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 55 minutes into the match, Ulrika's goalkeeper Gabriel Giöck had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Harry Björling. Ludvig Bengtsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gabriel Giöck having to interfere. Christer Åberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Johannes Palmkvist tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Anton Blanck sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 75 minutes into the game, Gunnar Stabbe was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ulrika's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Delsbo RK the free kick. In the 76th match minute, Ulrika was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gunnar Stabbe to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Harry Björling got free with Gabriel Giöck in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Peter Lidberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Johannes Palmkvist having to interfere. Ulrika's Gabriel Giöck proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Ulrika from getting a goal against them. Peter Lidberg's late challenge caught a Delsbo RK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Peter Lidberg helped the player get up and apologised. Peter Lidberg kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. When Ludvig Bengtsson came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the Delsbo RK 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 Ludvig Bengtsson couldn't finish the play. Despite being the better team, Delsbo RK failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.