League Play-Off

Högland Stadion
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Täby's Brian Pihl started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 3rd minute, Göran Tunström fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Patrik Bålström, passed just outside the right post. After 3 minutes of play, Högland's Jörgen Tingelholm made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Patrik Bålström was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 6th minute, Högland's Oskar Olsson dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Göran Tunström fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patrik Bålström having to interfere. Inge Ahlin hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. 22 minutes into the match, Högland's goal looked a bit too open when Jimmy Mårtensson came free, but Sakarias Gustafsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Täby's Patrik Bålström got control of the ball when Jörgen Tingelholm tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jimmy Mårtensson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sakarias Gustafsson having to interfere. After 34 played minutes Göran Tunström rounded Täby's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 3-1. Sakarias Gustafsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Brian Pihl in the 41st minute of play. Sakarias Gustafsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Brian Pihl, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. In the 46th match minute, Täby was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Henry Colin to maneuver through the defense. Jörgen Tingelholm did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 4-1 to the left of a surprised Patrik Bålström 47 minutes into the match. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Göran Tunström to make the kick off. When Kevin Tingelholm fell near the penalty area in the 53rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Täby's protests and gave Kevin Tingelholm a yellow card for diving instead. In the 53rd match minute, Täby was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kevin Tingelholm to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 54th minute, Jörgen Tingelholm managed to get in a good position for a shot. Högland's supporters rose to their feet, but Jörgen Tingelholm was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Patrik Bålström breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Göran Tunström in the 56th minute of play forced Täby's goalkeeper Patrik Bålström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jörgen Tingelholm received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Patrik Bålström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sören Källberg hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Täby's Patrik Bålström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Göran Tunström in the 61st minute of play. In the 66th match minute, Högland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jim Dahlqvist to maneuver through the defense. Sebastian Björnberg managed to, on his own, get straight through Högland's defense and in the 68th minute placed the ball to the left of Sakarias Gustafsson. 4-2. If Jimmy Mårtensson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Göran Tunström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sakarias Gustafsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Brian Pihl, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. Högland were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Täby for a fine match.