League Play-Off

Rödeby
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Boris Wallin took the kick off in the first half of the match. When Johan Bengtsson came up free with the goalie in the 4th minute, the Rödeby BK 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 Johan Bengtsson couldn't finish the play. In the 7th match minute, Rödeby BK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dan Gallberg to maneuver through the defense. Dan Gallberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Sven-Erik Eriksson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 19th minute the ball was on its way in behind Sollefteå's goalkeeper Sven-Erik Eriksson, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Dan Gallberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 21st minute, Leonardo Hernström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Johan Bengtssons short, quick shot in the 32ndth minute got Sven-Erik Eriksson to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Sven-Erik Eriksson was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Dan Gallberg showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 33 minute of play. Sven-Erik Eriksson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dan Gallberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. After 38 played minutes, Rödeby BK's John Berg shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Sven-Erik Eriksson came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Rödeby BK reached it. With a little luck, Sollefteå's Sven-Erik Eriksson got control of the ball when Johan Bengtsson tried to sneak it across the goal line. 45 minutes into the match, Sollefteå's goal looked a bit too open when Dan Gallberg came free, but Sven-Erik Eriksson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sven-Åke Kilberg's late challenge caught a Rödeby BK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sven-Åke Kilberg helped the player get up and apologised. Sven-Åke Kilberg hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

In the 55thth minute of the game Johan Bengtsson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sollefteå's Sven-Erik Eriksson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Leonardo Hernström charged in rather forcefully in the 56th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Leonardo Hernström the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The audience was convinced that Dan Gallberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sven-Erik Eriksson was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. Sven-Erik Eriksson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Johan Bengtsson went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Aaron Wennerlund kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. Boris Wallin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rödeby BK's Dan Gallberg got a good chance for a goal in the 75th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dan Gallberg in the 80th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sven-Erik Eriksson saved Sollefteå from getting behind. Dan Gallberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sven-Erik Eriksson having to interfere. Leonardo Hernström hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Dan Gallberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Sven-Erik Eriksson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Johan Bengtsson's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sven-Erik Eriksson read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 91st minute of play. Boris Wallin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Johan Bengtsson scored 4-0 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sven-Erik Eriksson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Sollefteå's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.