League Play-Off

Moneyarena
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Fabian Gudmundsson got the match started through his kick off. In the 5th minute, Sven-Åke Hjortberg got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Gunnar Lidström sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. RealMoney's Birger Löfgren played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wictor Rönn in the 10th minute of play. Jim Jönsson's late challenge caught a RealMoney's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jim Jönsson helped the player get up and apologised. After 13 minutes of play, RealMoney's Gunnar Lidström made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ulf Abrahamsson was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 17th minute of the match Jon Gunnarsson sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ulf Abrahamsson skillfully saved the ball. An unexpected shot in the 18th minute by Fabian Gudmundsson got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Fabian Gudmundsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jonathan Berggren during the 31st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Jonathan Berggren kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. The long shot by Sture Lindholm in the 32nd minute really tested Ulf Abrahamsson's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Birger Löfgren came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Valsjöbyn's Wictor Rönn. But to his dismay, Wictor Rönn quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gunnar Lidström got free with Ulf Abrahamsson in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. During the 41st minute of the match Jim Jönsson completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Jim Jönsson a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After the first half Valsjöbyn were leading 1-2. 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 Wictor Rönn to make the kick off. Ulf Abrahamsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabian Gudmundsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Jonathan Berggren sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 64 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Valsjöbyn! Ulf Abrahamsson had in the 66thth minute some difficulties stopping Sture Lindholm's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Ulf Abrahamsson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gunnar Lidström went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Wictor Rönn could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Birger Löfgren made a huge save. Sven-Åke Hjortberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in RealMoney's zone, Wictor Rönn stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Birger Löfgren came out of the goal and Wictor Rönn tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Birger Löfgren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonathan Berggren in the 83rd minute of play. Fabian Gudmundsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gunnar Lidström's late challenge caught a Valsjöbyn's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gunnar Lidström helped the player get up and apologised. Ulf Abrahamsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gunnar Lidström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fabian Gudmundsson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Ulf Abrahamsson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.