League Play-Off

Utö
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Lucas Martinsson got the match started through his kick off. After 4 minutes of play, Utö's Torbjörn Gallberg made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Victor Siggesson was left in no man's land by his defense there! Greger Giöck hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. In the 10thth minute of the game Lucas Martinsson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Källö-knippla FF's Victor Siggesson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Göran Lövskog might have been able to make a better finish in the 12th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Christian Ström. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Göran Lövskog ran back to his position shaking his head. 15 minutes into the match, Källö-knippla FF's goalkeeper Victor Siggesson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Torbjörn Gallberg. In the 23rd minute, Torbjörn Gallberg 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. Hugo Strömbom received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Christian Ström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hugo Strömbom struck a weak shot in the 33rd minute. Christian Ström didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Källö-knippla FF. Göran Lövskog sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Christian Ström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hugo Strömbom, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. In the 39th minute, Bengt-Arne Alkvist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 42nd minute Källö-knippla FF were awarded a corner. Andreas Sillén went to the cornerflag to take it. Christian Ström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hugo Strömbom, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hugo Strömbom in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Christian Ström saved Utö from getting behind. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hugo Strömbom stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Victor Siggesson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucas Martinsson in the 52nd minute of play. In the 54th minute, Lucas Martinsson made a precise shot to the right of Victor Siggesson. Källö-knippla FF's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Lucas Martinsson took the ball and in the 60 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Victor Siggesson. Victor Siggesson dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. After a defensive mix-up in Källö-knippla FF's zone, Lucas Martinsson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Victor Siggesson came out of the goal and Lucas Martinsson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 67 minutes into the match, Torbjörn Gallberg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Victor Siggesson. Källö-knippla FF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Torbjörn Gallberg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. The audience was convinced that Hugo Strömbom's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Christian Ström was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. In the 74th minute, Göran Lövskog 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. When Torbjörn Gallberg fell near the penalty area in the 79th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Utö's protests and gave Torbjörn Gallberg a yellow card for diving instead. Torbjörn Gallberg hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Göran Lövskog received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Christian Ström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hugo Strömbom fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Christian Ström having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Torbjörn Gallberg managed to get in a good position for a shot. Utö's supporters rose to their feet, but Torbjörn Gallberg was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Victor Siggesson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The supporters of Utö booed when Källö-knippla FF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Greger Giöck didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Källö-knippla FF's Robin Söderberg got a free kick in the 97th minute. Källö-knippla FF's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.