League Play-Off

Sörsjön -vallen
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Emanuel Stenkvist started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Verner Hedin's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 5thth minute, Helge Koch skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Verner Hedin got free with Helge Koch in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Helge Koch didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Verner Hedin went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. In the 21st minute, Ture Rosin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 24 played minutes Sörsjön got a freekick which was hit by Joacim Wahlnäs. After 25 minutes, Henry Berggren mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sörsjön and the Lövestad players grew even worse after the yellow card. Torsten Askelöf made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ture Rosin in the 27th minute of play. In the 30th minute of the match Eric Falkrans shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Torsten Askelöf showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 32nd minute, Eric Falkrans hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Lövestad's Sebastian Wästerberg got a free kick in the 40th minute. 42 minutes into the game, one of Lövestad:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Helge Koch went to the wrong direction when Jan-Ove Bruse was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. Helge Koch showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stefan Almqvist in the 46th minute of the match. Stefan Almqvist received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Helge Koch tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Stefan Almqvist to strike the kick off in the second half. Torsten Askelöf showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emanuel Stenkvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Helge Koch showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Verner Hedin, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Aleksander Albom during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Lövestad booed when Sörsjön was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joacim Wahlnäs didn't get a good kick on the ball. Torsten Askelöf made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jan-Erik Biörling in the 69th minute. After 72 played minutes Lövestad got a freekick which was hit by Eric Falkrans. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stefan Almqvist in the 74th minute of play forced Lövestad's goalkeeper Helge Koch to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 76thth minute of the game Stefan Almqvist who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Lövestad's Helge Koch was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 80 minutes into the match, Jan-Erik Biörling notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Sörsjön's Torsten Askelöf. Torsten Askelöf was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Jan-Ove Bruse hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Torsten Askelöf made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jan-Erik Biörling in the 89th minute. 90 minutes into the match, Emanuel Stenkvist dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Torsten Askelöf, 1-2. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Lövestad had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.