League Play-Off

Butchers Arena
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Martin Haegg got the match started through his kick off. Thanks to some nice moves Nils Eliasson could shoot a difficult shot in the 12th minute, which Sakarias Henriksson however easily saved by the left post. After 13 minutes, Einar Grönberg mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Butchers and the Blidsberg players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Butchers's Einar Grönberg got a free kick in the 14th minute. Martin Haegg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tomas Sundberg having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Blidsberg's zone, Nils Eliasson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sakarias Henriksson came out of the goal and Nils Eliasson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tomas Sundberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christoffer Gullesson, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Sakarias Henriksson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ingvar Nord in the 27th minute. 28 minutes into the match Nils Eliasson climbed in front of goal and pressed up 1-0 in the right cross behind a totally surprised Sakarias Henriksson. A collision led to Butchers getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Ulrik Kollberg hit a great ball. Martin Haegg 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. When Ernst Odman fell near the penalty area in the 43rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Blidsberg's protests and gave Ernst Odman a yellow card for diving instead. Ernst Odman kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Haegg in the 47th minute of play forced Butchers's goalkeeper Tomas Sundberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 47 minutes, Ingvar Nord mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Butchers and the Blidsberg players grew even worse after the yellow card. 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 players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Einar Grönberg was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Haegg in the 57th minute of play forced Butchers's goalkeeper Tomas Sundberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Christoffer Gullesson blasted a shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tomas Sundberg having to make a save. Viggo Björk's late challenge caught a Blidsberg's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Viggo Björk helped the player get up and apologised. Viggo Björk hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. In the 61st minute, Martin Haegg 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. Christoffer Gullesson succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-1 in the 69th playminute. After 75 minutes, Nils Eliasson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Butchers and the Blidsberg players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 75 played minutes Butchers got a freekick which was hit by Nils Eliasson. After 80 minutes of play Butchers's Viggo Björk was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Rune Vibjörnsson shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Martin Haegg managed to get in a good position for a shot. Blidsberg's supporters rose to their feet, but Martin Haegg was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tomas Sundberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 98th match minute, Butchers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ingvar Nord to maneuver through the defense. When Martin Haegg came up free with the goalie in the 99th minute, the Blidsberg 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 Martin Haegg couldn't finish the play. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.