League Play-Off

Bagarmossen
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Rutger Myhr kicked off to start the match. Bagarmossen IF's Esbjörn Hegg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rutger Myhr in the 5th minute of play. In the 7th minute, Tim Löv hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rutger Myhr received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Esbjörn Hegg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 16th minute Birger Sigfridsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nils-Åke Karlstedt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nils-Åke Karlstedt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Birger Sigfridsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. 22 minutes into the match, Bagarmossen IF's Birger Sigfridsson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nils-Åke Karlstedt narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Thomas Sjö hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Nils-Åke Karlstedt was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Jens Tingelholm. Gunnarsbyn IK's Rutger Myhr got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The long shot by Villiam Åhlberg in the 39th minute really tested Nils-Åke Karlstedt's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. John Backlund charged in rather forcefully in the 40th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed John Backlund the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. If Rutger Myhr had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sonny Lidberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Birger Sigfridsson to make the kick off. Birger Sigfridsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nils-Åke Karlstedt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Birger Sigfridsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Birger Sigfridsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nils-Åke Karlstedt having to interfere. If Adrian Vennerberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 65 minutes into the match, Gunnarsbyn IK's goal looked a bit too open when Birger Sigfridsson came free, but Nils-Åke Karlstedt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 66 minutes into the match, Gunnarsbyn IK's Rutger Myhr sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Esbjörn Hegg narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rutger Myhr in the 67th minute of play forced Bagarmossen IF's goalkeeper Esbjörn Hegg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Esbjörn Hegg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Thomas Sjö in the 69th minute of play. In the 71st minute, Nils-Åke Jakobsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rutger Myhr in the 76th minute of play forced Bagarmossen IF's goalkeeper Esbjörn Hegg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sonny Lidberg blasted a shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Esbjörn Hegg having to make a save. Nils-Åke Karlstedt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Birger Sigfridsson in the 80th minute of play. After having played for 85 minutes, Tim Löv managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bagarmossen IF's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tim Löv was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Birger Sigfridsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nils-Åke Karlstedt having to interfere. After 95 played minutes Gunnarsbyn IK got a freekick which was hit by Nils-Åke Jakobsson. The audience was convinced that Adrian Vennerberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nils-Åke Karlstedt was relentless in the 96th minute of the game. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.