League Play-Off

Töllsjö Stadion
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Sten Bergström made the kick off which started today's match. After a defensive mix-up in Töllsjö's zone, Jerry Blomqvist stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Börje Ekrot came out of the goal and Jerry Blomqvist tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Rikard Wennerqvist hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jerry Blomqvist in the 19th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Börje Ekrot saved Töllsjö from getting behind. In the 24th match minute, Töllsjö was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sven-Åke Berg to maneuver through the defense. Börje Ekrot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jerry Blomqvist in the 25th minute of the match. Tord Wallman hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Roland Wiklund was a little too slow when Rasmus Albäck got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 33rd minute. The score was now 2-0. After a rather tough play, Degerfors RK's Jan-Ove Palmquist got a free kick in the 35th minute. Sven-Åke Berg kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Börje Ekrot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sten Bergström in the 39th minute of play. In the 42nd minute, Sten Bergström left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Degerfors RK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. In the 46th minute Rasmus Albäck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roland Wiklund saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 52nd minute, Marcus Pedersson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Roland Wiklund was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Jerry Blomqvist scored 3-2 in the 57th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Börje Ekrot, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 63rd minute Marcus Pedersson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roland Wiklund saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Töllsjö booed when Degerfors RK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jan-Ove Palmquist didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 65th match minute, Degerfors RK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jan-Ove Palmquist to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Sten Bergström's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Börje Ekrot was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. When Rasmus Albäck came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the Töllsjö 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 Rasmus Albäck couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in Degerfors RK's zone, Sven-Åke Berg stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Roland Wiklund came out of the goal and Sven-Åke Berg tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sten Bergström in the 92nd minute of play forced Töllsjö's goalkeeper Börje Ekrot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Töllsjö's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.