League Play-Off

Karlskoga
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. Hampus Bruse started the match with the kick off. Hampus Bruse received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Jerry Magnusson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vilhelm Wenerdahl received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Stig Svanér tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nils Bivall fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stig Svanér having to interfere. Nils Bivall received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Stig Svanér tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stig Svanér showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vilhelm Wenerdahl, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Vilhelm Wenerdahl in the 16th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Stig Svanér prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jerry Magnusson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wilhelm Lund in the 24th minute of play. In the 25th match minute, Karlskoga IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daniel Snell to maneuver through the defense. In the 29th minute, Hampus Bruse 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 36 minutes of play, Karlskoga IF's Nils Bivall made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stig Svanér was left in no man's land by his defense there! Nils Bivall received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Stig Svanér tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 43rd minute of the game. One of Väröbacka:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Karlskoga IF:s goal. Stig Svanér had in the 45thth minute some difficulties stopping Börge Pålsson's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Stig Svanér didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Börge Pålsson went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

Wilhelm Lund could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Jerry Magnusson made a huge save. In the 62nd minute, Vilhelm Finsberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 63rd minute, one of Karlskoga IF:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Karlskoga IF. Jerry Magnusson went to the wrong direction when Thomas Lindgren was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nils Bivall in the 72nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Stig Svanér prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Wilhelm Lund sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Hampus Bruse had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 92nd minute Hampus Bruse shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jerry Magnusson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Måns Bergqvist's late challenge caught a Karlskoga IF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Måns Bergqvist helped the player get up and apologised. Karlskoga IF were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Väröbacka for a fine match.