League Play-Off

Ärla
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Rickard Runeberg kicked off to start the match. Peter Wiklund took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rickard Runeberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 9 played minutes Orsa Sturfajters got a freekick which was hit by Alexander Klint. In the 10th minute, Rickard Runeberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tobias Ödmann could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Peter Wiklund made a huge save. A collision led to Ärla getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Arvid Svensson hit a great ball. Peter Wiklund showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rickard Runeberg in the 18th minute of the match. Rickard Runeberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Orsa Sturfajters's Anton Danielsson got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Ärla's Tobias Ödmann suffered a concussion after 25 minutes and had to leave the field. When the match had been going on for 27 minutes, Ärla's Torsten Torstensson got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Peter Wiklund. Krister Ström sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 36th minute, Rickard Runeberg managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ärla's supporters rose to their feet, but Rickard Runeberg was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Peter Wiklund breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Rickard Runeberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Peter Wiklund having to interfere. Torbjörn Kollberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Dag Överman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rickard Runeberg in the 45th minute of play forced Orsa Sturfajters's goalkeeper Peter Wiklund to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Orsa Sturfajters getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Anton Danielsson hit a great ball. Torsten Torstensson was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 48th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Peter Wiklund took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rickard Runeberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Orsa Sturfajters's Peter Wiklund played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rickard Runeberg in the 58th minute of play. In the 64th minute Torbjörn Kollberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Niklas Jönsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Torbjörn Kollberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Niklas Jönsson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dag Överman in the 69th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dag Överman in the 71st minute of play forced Ärla's goalkeeper Niklas Jönsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Niklas Jönsson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dag Överman in the 72nd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bo Rydberg during the 75th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Ärla getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Bo Rydberg hit a great ball. During the 78th minute of the match Bo Rydberg completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Bo Rydberg a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 79th match minute, Ärla was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bo Rydberg to maneuver through the defense. In the 80thth minute of the game Dag Överman who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ärla's Niklas Jönsson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 88th minute, Arvid Svensson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The long shot by Andy Svensson in the 89th minute really tested Niklas Jönsson'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. Arvid Svensson hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. Dag Övermans short, quick shot in the 99thth minute got Niklas Jönsson to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in.