League Play-Off

Björkö
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Alcides Niedermeier made the kick off which started today's match. After some careless play in the Djurgårdens IF defense, Saverio Hanni kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bengt-Åke Sjöö. The Djurgårdens IF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bengt-Åke Sjöö should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Eric Skålberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bengt-Åke Sjöö was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. In the 11th minute Eric Skålberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bengt-Åke Sjöö saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bengt-Åke Sjöö showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wictor Biörkman in the 12th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alcides Niedermeier got free with Johan Holmberg in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Johan Holmberg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alcides Niedermeier in the 20th minute. Bengt-Åke Sjöö showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Saverio Hanni in the 21st minute of the match. After 23 played minutes Furulund RK got a freekick which was hit by Wictor Biörkman. Alcides Niedermeier's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 25thth minute, Johan Holmberg skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Alcides Niedermeier recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 26th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Alcides Niedermeier managed to get in a good position for a shot. Djurgårdens IF's supporters rose to their feet, but Alcides Niedermeier was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Johan Holmberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Johan Holmberg made a fantastic save in the 28th minute, when Alcides Niedermeier sent off a good shot on target. After 29 played minutes Furulund RK got a freekick which was hit by Hjalmar Ryberg. With a little luck, Furulund RK's Johan Holmberg got control of the ball when Alcides Niedermeier tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wictor Biörkman in the 32nd minute of play forced Djurgårdens IF's goalkeeper Bengt-Åke Sjöö to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alcides Niedermeier took the ball and in the 39 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Johan Holmberg. Johan Holmberg dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. In the 44th minute Axel Wall shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Johan Holmberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 45th minute, Alcides Niedermeier ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Johan Holmberg was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Wictor Biörkman to strike the kick off in the second half. Bengt-Åke Sjöö showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wictor Biörkman, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wictor Biörkman in the 57th minute of play forced Djurgårdens IF's goalkeeper Bengt-Åke Sjöö to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alcides Niedermeier took the ball and in the 58 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Johan Holmberg. Johan Holmberg dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. Alcides Niedermeier sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alcides Niedermeier's late challenge caught a Furulund RK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alcides Niedermeier helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Djurgårdens IF getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Alcides Niedermeier hit a great ball. Bengt-Åke Sjöö showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wictor Biörkman, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. After some careless play in the Djurgårdens IF defense, Eric Skålberg kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bengt-Åke Sjöö. The Djurgårdens IF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bengt-Åke Sjöö should have stopped the shot. August Sundström hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Johan Holmberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alcides Niedermeier in the 76th minute of play. Bengt-Åke Sjöö made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wictor Biörkman in the 78th minute of play. Billy Högberg fired away a difficult shot at goal in the 85th minute. He almost succeeded, but the ball went over. It was a very nice shot. Johan Holmberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alcides Niedermeier, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 94th match minute, Djurgårdens IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Albert Delin to maneuver through the defense. Eric Skålberg could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 97th minute of the match, but Bengt-Åke Sjöö made a huge save.