League Play-Off

Gerhard Hanappi
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Bernt Olofsson made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 4th match minute, Landol IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Regino Solezzi to maneuver through the defense. Landol IF's Dennis Mazzola got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Gaudencio Su made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elliot Tham in the 14th minute of play. Torna-Hällestad's defense didn't have a chance, in the 16th minute, when Stefan Lenberg scored to the left of an out of position Leonardo Sjögren, making the score, 1-0. Stefan Lenberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Leonardo Sjögren tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Dennis Mazzola had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gaudencio Su showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernt Olofsson in the 29th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Walter Borre in the 30th minute of play forced Torna-Hällestad's goalkeeper Leonardo Sjögren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leonardo Sjögren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stefan Lenberg in the 32nd minute of the match. Leonardo Sjögren stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stefan Lenberg's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. A collision led to Torna-Hällestad getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Knut Tomasson hit a great ball. Stefan Lenberg could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Leonardo Sjögren made a huge save. Knut Tomasson charged in rather forcefully in the 36th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Knut Tomasson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 36th minute, Knut Tomasson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match clock showed 37 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Stefan Lenberg sped through Torna-Hällestad's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Leonardo Sjögren. In the 41st minute, Stefan Lenberg left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Landol IF fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. In the 45th minute Bernt Olofsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gaudencio Su saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gaudencio Su made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Knut Tomasson in the 46th minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Stefan Lenberg to make the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 54th minute, Stefan Lenberg managed to get in a good position for a shot. Landol IF's supporters rose to their feet, but Stefan Lenberg was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Leonardo Sjögren breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. During the 61st minute of the match Knut Tomasson completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Knut Tomasson a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Dennis Mazzola recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 63rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kjell-Arne Vibjörnsson in the 68th minute of play forced Landol IF's goalkeeper Gaudencio Su to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Elliot Tham could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Gaudencio Su made a huge save. In the 74th minute, Walter Borre hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 77 minutes, Bernt Olofsson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Torna-Hällestad and the Landol IF players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 80th minute, Dennis Mazzola made a precise shot to the right of Leonardo Sjögren. Torna-Hällestad's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernt Olofsson in the 84th minute of play forced Landol IF's goalkeeper Gaudencio Su to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 92nd minute, Stefan Lenberg got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. If Stefan Lenberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Landol IF fully deserved thier win.