League Play-Off

Santiago Smatter
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gustav Waller got the match started through his kick off. Rudolf Arhenius showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Villiam Eriksson, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Rudolf Arhenius showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustav Waller in the 4th minute of the match. 5 minutes into the match, Smatter's goal looked a bit too open when Robin Anselius came free, but Rudolf Arhenius reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Mellansel's Gustav Waller got a free kick in the 12th minute. The supporters of Mellansel booed when Smatter was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jon Rydberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some careless play in the Mellansel defense, Jon Rydberg kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Brian Stenquist. The Mellansel fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Brian Stenquist should have stopped the shot. Smatter's Rudolf Arhenius played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Villiam Eriksson in the 21st minute of play. A collision led to Smatter getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Vincent Tunander hit a great ball. Villiam Eriksson charged in rather forcefully in the 23rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Villiam Eriksson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Mellansel getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Gustav Waller hit a great ball. With a little luck, Mellansel's Brian Stenquist got control of the ball when Jon Rydberg tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Andréas Smedfeldt got free with Brian Stenquist in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 31 minutes into the match, Mellansel's goal looked a bit too open when Andréas Smedfeldt came free, but Brian Stenquist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Smatter getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Andréas Smedfeldt hit a great ball. Rudolf Arhenius took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robin Anselius, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Brian Stenquist came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by Smatter's Jon Rydberg. But to his dismay, Jon Rydberg quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Jon Rydberg who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 40thth minute tested the skills of Brian Stenquist when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Brian Stenquist was a little too slow when Jan-Olof Pihlberg got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 45th minute. The score was now 3-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Jan-Olof Pihlberg made the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Mellansel getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Anton Hedvall hit a great ball. If Alexander Ugla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Brian Stenquist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jan-Olof Pihlberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. With an all-out effort, Mellansel's Rudolf Arhenius threw himself towards the right post 62 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Villiam Eriksson, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Jan-Olof Pihlberg scored 4-0 in the 64th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Brian Stenquist, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jon Rydberg struck a weak shot in the 70th minute. Brian Stenquist didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Smatter. In the 72nd minute, Jan-Olof Pihlberg got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 79 played minutes Smatter got a freekick which was hit by Örjan Ek. In the 84thth minute of the game Jan-Olof Pihlberg who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mellansel's Brian Stenquist was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 89 minutes into the match, Mellansel's goal looked a bit too open when Jon Rydberg came free, but Brian Stenquist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 91 minutes, Rudolf Arhenius successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 92 minutes of play, Smatter's Jan-Olof Pihlberg made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Brian Stenquist was left in no man's land by his defense there! There was no doubt that Smatter were the better team. Smatter's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.