League Play-Off

Märsta Stadion
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Henric Bäck kicked off to start the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Märsta FK's Johan Törnblom slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Rasmus Larsson. That made the score 1-0 after 3 minutes of play. A collision led to Hyppeln getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Emanuel Vase hit a great ball. In the 8th minute of the match David Heggert shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Rasmus Larsson showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Märsta FK's Göran Malmberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Henric Grubb in the 10th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Hyppeln's Krister Alefors got a free kick in the 11th minute. Henric Grubb sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 15th minute Henric Bäck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Göran Malmberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Johan Törnblom scored 2-0 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rasmus Larsson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Henric Bäck received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Göran Malmberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Henric Grubb came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the Hyppeln 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 Henric Grubb couldn't finish the play. In the 27th minute, Henric Bäck 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. Henric Grubb sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Johan Törnblom sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Göran Malmberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Henric Bäck, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Henric Bäck had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Henric Grubb had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Henric Bäck took the ball and in the 45 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Göran Malmberg. Göran Malmberg dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Johan Törnblom was the one to do the kick off. With his leg Göran Malmberg managed to avoid a goal in the 53rdth minute, when Hyppeln's Henric Grubb fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Johan Persson's late challenge caught a Hyppeln's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Johan Persson helped the player get up and apologised. Johan Persson hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. Henric Bäck sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Henric Bäck recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 61st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Henric Grubb received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Göran Malmberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 75th minute Thor Johansson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rasmus Larsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Leonard Eklund hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Hyppeln's Henric Bäck got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Rasmus Larsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Johan Törnblom, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Henric Grubb scored 2-2 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Göran Malmberg, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Hyppeln players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.