League Play-Off

KGT Arena
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. John Deckberg started the match with the kick off. Eric Groth sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 5 minutes, Eric Groth took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Lars-Erik Bållström to make any attempt to save it. In the 11th minute, Karl-Oskar Björklund hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 13th minute John Deckberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Folke Norberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 15 minutes of play, Ursviken's Karl-Magnus Fastesson made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Folke Norberg was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Karl-Magnus Fastesson in the 19th minute of play forced KG Troopers's goalkeeper Folke Norberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 21 minutes, John Deckberg managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ursviken's supporters crossed their fingers, but John Deckberg was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of KG Troopers booed when Ursviken was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marcus Björk didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Ursviken getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Carl Koch hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Ursviken's Marcus Björk got a free kick in the 30th minute. After having played for 32 minutes, Karl-Magnus Fastesson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ursviken's supporters crossed their fingers, but Karl-Magnus Fastesson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. John Deckberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Folke Norberg having to interfere. In the 35thth minute of the game Karl-Magnus Fastesson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but KG Troopers's Folke Norberg was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Folke Norberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karl-Magnus Fastesson in the 39th minute of the match. John Deckberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

The wind increased when Eric Groth made the kick off in the second half. Karl-Magnus Fastesson scored 1-2 in the 52nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Folke Norberg, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by John Deckberg in the 56th minute of play forced KG Troopers's goalkeeper Folke Norberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ursviken's Lars-Erik Bållström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eric Groth in the 57th minute of play. Lars-Erik Bållström stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Robin Kuse's shot from short distance in the 61st minute. If John Deckberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ursviken's Karl-Magnus Fastesson got a good chance for a goal in the 70th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that John Deckberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Folke Norberg was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. If Karl-Oskar Björklund had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 87 minutes into the match, Ursviken's goal looked a bit too open when Henrik Lund came free, but Lars-Erik Bållström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Karl-Magnus Fastesson came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the Ursviken 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 Karl-Magnus Fastesson couldn't finish the play. Eric Groth struck a weak shot in the 94th minute. Lars-Erik Bållström didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for KG Troopers. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Eric Groth in the 95th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lars-Erik Bållström saved Ursviken from getting behind. The KG Troopers fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ursviken were clearly better and deserved to take the win.