League Play-Off

Lerum Stadion
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) MS Granat's Lukas Dahlqvist started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 4 minutes of play, MS Granat's Lukas Dahlqvist made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Henry Bergsten was left in no man's land by his defense there! Roger Arhenius fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Conny Hökqvist having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Lukas Dahlqvist's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Henry Bergsten was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. 18 minutes into the match, Lerum IFK's goal looked a bit too open when Lukas Dahlqvist came free, but Henry Bergsten reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Henry Bergsten didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lukas Dahlqvist went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. The supporters of MS Granat booed when Lerum IFK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ingvar Ekeberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. The MS Granat fans' excitement grew in the 26th match minute when MS Granat's Douglas Nyqvist looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Lerum IFK's Henry Bergsten played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lukas Dahlqvist in the 29th minute of play. 30 minutes into the match, MS Granat's goalkeeper Conny Hökqvist had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Eddie Sjögren. Lukas Dahlqvist received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Henry Bergsten tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 33rd minute, Per-Arne Sundström had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. Alfred Walmarsson charged in rather forcefully in the 33rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alfred Walmarsson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Alfred Walmarsson hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Ivar Uggstedt recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 36th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Douglas Nyqvist in the 38th minute of play forced Lerum IFK's goalkeeper Henry Bergsten to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 41st minute, Conny Almkvist managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lerum IFK's supporters rose to their feet, but Conny Almkvist was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Conny Hökqvist breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Eddie Sjögren had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. MS Granat's defense didn't have a chance, in the 47th minute, when Eddie Sjögren scored to the left of an out of position Conny Hökqvist, making the score, 1-3. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Eddie Sjögren stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Conny Hökqvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elias Ahlquist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. MS Granat's Conny Hökqvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roger Arhenius in the 59th minute of play. Conny Hökqvist didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Roger Arhenius went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. Conny Hökqvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roger Arhenius in the 67th minute of play. MS Granat's Conny Hökqvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elias Ahlquist in the 70th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Eddie Sjögren managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lerum IFK's supporters rose to their feet, but Eddie Sjögren was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Conny Hökqvist breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 78th match minute, MS Granat was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eskil Johnsson to maneuver through the defense. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gustaf Sjö during the 82nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 82nd minute, Gustaf Sjö hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 85 minutes into the match, MS Granat's goal looked a bit too open when Eddie Sjögren came free, but Conny Hökqvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Conny Hökqvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roger Arhenius in the 88th minute of play. Lukas Dahlqvist kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. Eddie Sjögren fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Conny Hökqvist having to interfere. With a little luck, Lerum IFK's Henry Bergsten got control of the ball when Douglas Nyqvist tried to sneak it across the goal line.