League Play-Off

Skog -vallen
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Leonardo Anundsson made the kick off which started today's match. Karl-Åke Abrahamsson charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Karl-Åke Abrahamsson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Horn booed when Skog was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Karl-Åke Abrahamsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 8th minute of the match Gösta Wennerström shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mårten Larsfält showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Leonardo Anundsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mårten Nyman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonardo Anundsson in the 13th minute of the match. Lennart Wallman kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. Gösta Felin lost his temper 17 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 19th minute there was a penalty for Skog. Jonny Kvalfält stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Mårten Nyman. 1-0. Horn's Mårten Nyman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leonardo Anundsson in the 24th minute of play. Tobias Berglund received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Mårten Larsfält tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mårten Nyman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonardo Anundsson in the 30th minute of play. Uno Emander blasted a shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mårten Nyman having to make a save. In the 39th minute of the match, Uno Emander tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Mårten Nyman saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hannes Rudqvist during the 41st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Horn getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Hannes Rudqvist hit a great ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tobias Berglund to strike the kick off in the second half. Wiktor Andersson kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. Horn's Mårten Nyman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leonardo Anundsson in the 60th minute of play. In the 66th minute of the match Jonny Kvalfält sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mårten Nyman skillfully saved the ball. Leonardo Anundsson blasted a shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mårten Nyman having to make a save. Lennart Wallman hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Jonny Kvalfält was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 71st played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. 73 minutes into the match, Horn's goal looked a bit too open when Leonardo Anundsson came free, but Mårten Nyman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mårten Nyman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonardo Anundsson in the 75th minute of the match. Jonny Kvalfält kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. Mårten Nyman came out of the goal in the 82nd minute to try and stop a shot by Skog's Björn Paulin. But to his dismay, Björn Paulin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Tobias Berglund managed to get in a good position for a shot. Horn's supporters rose to their feet, but Tobias Berglund was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mårten Larsfält breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Björn Paulin came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the Skog 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 Björn Paulin couldn't finish the play. With a little luck, Skog's Mårten Larsfält got control of the ball when Tobias Berglund tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Björn Paulin in the 95th minute of play forced Horn's goalkeeper Mårten Nyman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Skog had won after a very even match.