League Play-Off

Sunnansjö Stadion
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) After a defensive mix-up in Lagans AIK's zone, Bengt-Rune Andersson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Arman Kihlman came out of the goal and Bengt-Rune Andersson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Arman Kihlman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bengt-Rune Andersson in the 6th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ulrik Bennet got free with Arman Kihlman in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 13th minute, Ulrik Bennet left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The BK Messias fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tommy Ahlquist during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Bengt-Rune Andersson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Arman Kihlman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Ulrik Bennet had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 31st match minute, Lagans AIK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robin Berglund to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 34th minute, Ted Wik managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lagans AIK's supporters rose to their feet, but Ted Wik was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Allan Wassenius breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ted Wik fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Allan Wassenius having to interfere. When Ted Wik came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the Lagans AIK 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 Ted Wik couldn't finish the play. Arman Kihlman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bengt-Rune Andersson, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when André Tholsson made the kick off in the second half. After 51 played minutes Lagans AIK got a freekick which was hit by Tommy Ahlquist. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ulrik Bennet in the 53rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Arman Kihlman saved Lagans AIK from getting behind. After a defensive mix-up in Lagans AIK's zone, Bengt-Rune Andersson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Arman Kihlman came out of the goal and Bengt-Rune Andersson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ulrik Bennet received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Arman Kihlman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Adrian Joensson's late challenge caught a Lagans AIK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Adrian Joensson helped the player get up and apologised. Adrian Joensson hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Lagans AIK's André Tholsson got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 68 minutes, Ulrik Bennet mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the BK Messias and the Lagans AIK players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 68th minute, Ulrik Bennet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Ted Wik had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lagans AIK's Arman Kihlman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bengt-Rune Andersson in the 84th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bengt-Rune Andersson in the 85th minute of play forced Lagans AIK's goalkeeper Arman Kihlman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Bengt-Rune Andersson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arman Kihlman was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. In the 92nd minute Bengt-Rune Andersson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arman Kihlman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.