League Play-Off

Munkfors Stadion
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. Christian Nordstedt started the match with the kick off. Christian Nordstedt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Mats Biörkquist tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 7th minute the ball was on its way in behind AC Kinna's goalkeeper Mats Biörkquist, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Aron Falkrantz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Emil Stigsson's shot from short distance in the 11th minute. After 12 minutes, Rikard Bank mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Munkfors and the AC Kinna players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 18 played minutes AC Kinna got a freekick which was hit by Jonatan Martinsson. Aron Falkrantz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sten Hylander's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. 25 minutes into the match, Sten Hylander notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Munkfors's Aron Falkrantz. Aron Falkrantz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Aron Falkrantz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sten Hylander, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zebastian Viklund fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aron Falkrantz having to interfere. Munkfors's Aron Falkrantz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sten Hylander in the 40th minute of play. A collision led to AC Kinna getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Jonatan Martinsson hit a great ball. With a little luck, AC Kinna's Mats Biörkquist got control of the ball when Leif Ålberg tried to sneak it across the goal line. After the first half AC Kinna were leading 0-1. 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 Emil Stigsson to make the kick off. Håkan Gustafsson charged in rather forcefully in the 53rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Håkan Gustafsson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Håkan Gustafsson hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Sten Hylander fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aron Falkrantz having to interfere. During the 59th minute of the match Rikard Bank completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Rikard Bank a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 60th minute, Rikard Bank hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The corner led AC Kinna's Jonatan Martinsson to fire away a dangerous shot which Aron Falkrantz despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Gustav Wall might have been able to make a better finish in the 65th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mats Biörkquist. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gustav Wall ran back to his position shaking his head. Gustav Wall sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sten Hylander in the 70thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Aron Falkrantz, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 86th minute Emil Stigsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aron Falkrantz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Sten Hylander had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 91stth minute of the game Emil Stigsson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Munkfors's Aron Falkrantz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in AC Kinna's zone, Alexander Ek stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mats Biörkquist came out of the goal and Alexander Ek tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 93 played minutes AC Kinna got a freekick which was hit by Karl-Magnus Strömberg. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched AC Kinna eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.