League Play-Off

Ammarnäs
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ove Ekeroth took the kick off in the first half of the match. Nässjö IFK's Joar Snell proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Nässjö IFK from getting a goal against them. Gunnar Wallmark charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gunnar Wallmark the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 7 minutes into the match, StreetBullies F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Ove Ekeroth came free, but Örjan Vennersten reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nässjö IFK's Joar Snell proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save Nässjö IFK from getting a goal against them. If Joel Gudmundsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the last second Joar Snell throw himself and got hold of the ball when Ernst Sundström in the 11thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. A collision led to StreetBullies F.C. getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Ernst Sundström hit a great ball. Nässjö IFK's Joar Snell played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ernst Sundström in the 15th minute of play. Örjan Vennersten didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pontus Gustavsson went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Nässjö IFK's Joar Snell proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Nässjö IFK from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Ernst Sundström kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Joar Snell. That made the score 1-1 in the 25 minute of play. After 29 played minutes Nässjö IFK got a freekick which was hit by Rickard Åhman. Joar Snell was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Gustaf Hermansson. Joel Gudmundsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pontus Gustavsson took the ball and in the 39 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Örjan Vennersten. Örjan Vennersten dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. After 44 minutes of play, StreetBullies F.C.'s Joel Gudmundsson made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Joar Snell was left in no man's land by his defense there!

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ernst Sundström stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Joakim Åström tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Joar Snell. An unnecessary self made goal, 3-2 in the 52nd minute. In the 59th minute, Ernst Sundström left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The StreetBullies F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-2. After a defensive mix-up in Nässjö IFK's zone, Joel Gudmundsson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Joar Snell came out of the goal and Joel Gudmundsson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Joel Gudmundsson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Joar Snell tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 67 minutes into the match, Ernst Sundström had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Joar Snell. Nässjö IFK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ernst Sundström was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-2. After recieving a nice pass, Nässjö IFK's Ola Lindblom tried to score from far away in the 73rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Gabriel Blomqvist's late challenge caught a Nässjö IFK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gabriel Blomqvist helped the player get up and apologised. In the 86th match minute, StreetBullies F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gabriel Blomqvist to maneuver through the defense. In the 90th minute, Ove Ekeroth 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. Pontus Gustavsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Örjan Vennersten having to interfere. StreetBullies F.C. were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Nässjö IFK for a fine match.