League Play-Off

Alfta
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. David Alberg started the match with the kick off. If Erling Helström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Erling Helström who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 5thth minute tested the skills of Kenneth Hermansson when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Erling Helström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Kenneth Hermansson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hårsfjärden RK's Kenneth Hermansson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by David Alberg in the 9th minute of play. After 10 played minutes Hårsfjärden RK got a freekick which was hit by Mikael Andersson. When David Alberg came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Alfta FF 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 David Alberg couldn't finish the play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jack Högström in the 15th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Olov Jakobsson saved Alfta FF from getting behind. When the match clock showed 16 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Erling Helström sped through Hårsfjärden RK's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Kenneth Hermansson. In the 24th minute, Egon Biörkman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Hårsfjärden RK's zone, Erling Helström stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kenneth Hermansson came out of the goal and Erling Helström tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. David Alberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kenneth Hermansson having to interfere. Erling Helström sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Arvin Bäcklin's late challenge caught a Alfta FF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arvin Bäcklin helped the player get up and apologised. Arvin Bäcklin kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. In the 44th minute David Alberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kenneth Hermansson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Axel Lenberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Olov Jakobsson having to interfere. Olov Jakobsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jack Högström in the 48th minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Jack Högström made the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute of the match, Jack Högström tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Olov Jakobsson saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Hårsfjärden RK's Kenneth Hermansson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by David Alberg in the 57th minute of play. 59 minutes into the match, Hårsfjärden RK's goal looked a bit too open when David Alberg came free, but Kenneth Hermansson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Erling Helström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Kenneth Hermansson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Alberg in the 64th minute of play forced Hårsfjärden RK's goalkeeper Kenneth Hermansson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Erling Helström might have been able to make a better finish in the 65th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Kenneth Hermansson. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Erling Helström ran back to his position shaking his head. Albert Pihl's late challenge caught a Hårsfjärden RK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Albert Pihl helped the player get up and apologised. In the 69th match minute, Alfta FF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Albert Pihl to maneuver through the defense. In the 70th minute of the match Harald Bogren shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Olov Jakobsson showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Erling Helström's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kenneth Hermansson was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. If David Alberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 87 minutes into the game, David Alberg cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Kenneth Hermansson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Erling Helström fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kenneth Hermansson having to interfere. 95 minutes into the game, Alfta FF's David Alberg nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kenneth Hermansson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0.