League Play-Off

Drenica
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ivar Gustavsson got the match started through his kick off. Henrik Åström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henrik Carlsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. 4 minutes into the game, Sverker Henriksson was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Fc Drenica's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Stafsinge IF the free kick. After a rather tough play, Fc Drenica's Sverker Henriksson got a free kick in the 4th minute. A collision led to Fc Drenica getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Henrik Carlsson hit a great ball. 12 minutes into the game, Stafsinge IF's Ivar Gustavsson nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Elof Kellman made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 16 minutes into the match, Stafsinge IF's goal looked a bit too open when Matthias Bergqvist came free, but Henrik Åström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Elof Kellman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isaac Vesterberg in the 19th minute of play. In the 22nd minute, Fc Drenica's John Hellkvist seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed John Hellkvist the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Fc Drenica protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and John Hellkvist had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. A collision led to Fc Drenica getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. John Hellkvist hit a great ball. Sture Ekman missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 24 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Elof Kellman right hand side. Elof Kellman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Reine Eriksson, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. 27 minutes into the match, Fc Drenica's goal looked a bit too open when Ivar Gustavsson came free, but Elof Kellman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Stafsinge IF getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Benjamin Högberg hit a great ball. A collision led to Fc Drenica getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Henrik Carlsson hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Henrik Carlsson in the 42nd minute of play forced Stafsinge IF's goalkeeper Henrik Åström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Matthias Bergqvist fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Henrik Åström having to interfere. When Henrik Carlsson, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 46 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Henrik Åström was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar.

Henrik Åström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henrik Carlsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joacim Ekeberg in the 59th minute of play forced Stafsinge IF's goalkeeper Henrik Åström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 61st match minute, Stafsinge IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Martin Thedin to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Stafsinge IF's zone, Joacim Ekeberg stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Henrik Åström came out of the goal and Joacim Ekeberg tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Henrik Carlsson scored 1-1 in the 68th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Henrik Åström, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Henrik Carlsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Joacim Ekeberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Henrik Åström having to interfere. Henrik Carlsson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Henrik Åström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Joacim Ekeberg came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the Fc Drenica 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 Joacim Ekeberg couldn't finish the play. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.