League Play-Off

Garpenberg
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Stefan Holmberg started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 3 minutes of play, Seglora's Nils Samuelsson made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kenneth Ahlkvist was left in no man's land by his defense there! Kenneth Ahlkvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stefan Holmberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. 9 minutes into the game, André Bagge was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Seglora's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Garpenberg the free kick. In the 8th minute, one of Seglora: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 Seglora. The goalkeeper, Malcolm Ekeberg, was totally fooled by Garpenberg's Per-Arne Browall, who 10 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Ola Kellbom sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kenneth Ahlkvist came out of the goal in the 14th minute to try and stop a shot by Seglora's Nils Samuelsson. But to his dismay, Nils Samuelsson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. After 18 minutes, Claes Björk mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Seglora and the Garpenberg players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Garpenberg booed when Seglora was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Claes Björk didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 19th minute, Ola Kellbom 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 the match clock showed 21 minutes, the score became 1-3 when Stefan Holmberg sped through Garpenberg's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Kenneth Ahlkvist. 24 minutes into the match, Garpenberg's goal looked a bit too open when Stefan Holmberg came free, but Kenneth Ahlkvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stefan Holmberg in the 28th minute of play forced Garpenberg's goalkeeper Kenneth Ahlkvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Seglora's Stefan Holmberg in the 34th minute got a chance for a shot 34th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Garpenberg's goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Nils Samuelsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kenneth Ahlkvist was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. Nils Samuelsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kenneth Ahlkvist having to interfere. 43 minutes into the match, Seglora's Nils Samuelsson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Kenneth Ahlkvist narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After the first half Seglora were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sune Sjögren to make the kick off. After 54 minutes, Nils Samuelsson made it 1-4 with a short kick to the right side. Garpenberg's Kenneth Ahlkvist tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Nils Samuelsson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Kenneth Ahlkvist tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Garpenberg's Kenneth Ahlkvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stefan Holmberg in the 63rd minute of play. Malcolm Ekeberg came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by Garpenberg's Lucas Lönn. But to his dismay, Lucas Lönn quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-4. 79 minutes into the game, Lars Engman was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Seglora's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Garpenberg the free kick. Per-Arne Browall shot the penalty kick right outside the post. Malcolm Ekeberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sune Sjögren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 87 minutes into the match, Garpenberg's goal looked a bit too open when Stefan Holmberg came free, but Kenneth Ahlkvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Garpenberg's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Nils-Emil Valrot 89 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-6. After a defensive mix-up in Garpenberg's zone, Osvald Danielsson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kenneth Ahlkvist came out of the goal and Osvald Danielsson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 96 minutes, Stefan Holmberg managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Seglora's supporters crossed their fingers, but Stefan Holmberg was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 99 minutes into the match, Stefan Holmberg dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Kenneth Ahlkvist, 2-7. Seglora's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.