League Play-Off

Hanaskog
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mats Asplund started the match with the kick off. Daniel Mattsson charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Daniel Mattsson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In a very dangerous position, a player in Ljusterö fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 6th minute. Penalty! When the match had been going on for 7 minutes, Hanaskog's Allan Hultin got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Sebastian Rolandsson. Alf Almqvist's late challenge caught a Hanaskog's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alf Almqvist helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Ljusterö's Alf Almqvist got a free kick in the 13th minute. A collision led to Ljusterö getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Ludvig Öfverman hit a great ball. After 16 played minutes, Hanaskog's Allan Hultin shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Sebastian Rolandsson 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 Hanaskog reached it. 18 minutes into the game, Hanaskog's Johannes Jakobsson nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sebastian Rolandsson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Sebastian Rolandsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Johannes Jakobsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 24th minute the ball was on its way in behind Hanaskog's goalkeeper Alf Esbjörnsson, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Aaron Hedin kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, Hanaskog's Sebastian Rolandsson threw himself towards the right post 31 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Göran Örtendal, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Alf Esbjörnsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mats Asplund in the 38th minute of play. 44 minutes into the match, Hanaskog's goal looked a bit too open when Nicklas Rosén came free, but Alf Esbjörnsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Svante Rönn charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Svante Rönn the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Hanaskog's Svante Rönn got a free kick in the 46th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Göran Örtendal made a kick off. Ljusterö's Sebastian Rolandsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Göran Örtendal in the 54th minute of play. Göran Örtendal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Johannes Jakobsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sebastian Rolandsson having to interfere. Valter Borre's late challenge caught a Hanaskog's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Valter Borre helped the player get up and apologised. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Göran Örtendal in the 71st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sebastian Rolandsson saved Ljusterö from getting behind. 75 minutes into the match, Ljusterö's goal looked a bit too open when Göran Örtendal came free, but Sebastian Rolandsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Hanaskog getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Jens Jonasson hit a great ball. Ludvig Öfverman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alf Esbjörnsson having to interfere. With a little luck, Hanaskog's Alf Esbjörnsson got control of the ball when Nicklas Rosén tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Göran Örtendal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ljusterö's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.