League Play-Off

Rimbo -vallen
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) After 3 minutes, Frans Fridlund mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Robertsfors IK and the Rimbo players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 4th match minute, Robertsfors IK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Frans Fridlund to maneuver through the defense. In the 9th minute, Freddie Back 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. Freddie Back fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sven-Erik Ekeroth having to interfere. Ingvar Haegg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bartoli Echave in the 15th minute of the match. 19 minutes into the match, Freddie Back had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sven-Erik Ekeroth. Robertsfors IK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Freddie Back was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. 24 minutes into the match, Robertsfors IK's goal looked a bit too open when Kennet Eklund came free, but Sven-Erik Ekeroth reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Rimbo's Mikael Håning got a free kick in the 25th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Kennet Eklund managed to get in a good position for a shot. Rimbo's supporters rose to their feet, but Kennet Eklund was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sven-Erik Ekeroth breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After having played for 33 minutes, Freddie Back managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Rimbo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Freddie Back was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 35 played minutes Rimbo got a freekick which was hit by Mikael Håning. Ingvar Haegg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Knut Koch, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Silvestre Rioja charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Silvestre Rioja the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Robertsfors IK getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Silvestre Rioja hit a great ball. 43 minutes into the match, Robertsfors IK's goalkeeper Sven-Erik Ekeroth had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kennet Eklund. The crowd rose to their feet as Kennet Eklund kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Sven-Erik Ekeroth. That made the score 2-0 in the 43 minute of play. Sven-Erik Ekeroth was out of position in the 47 minute of play, and Freddie Back capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Freddie Back really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Bartoli Echave to strike the kick off in the second half. Sven-Erik Ekeroth showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Freddie Back, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Sebastian Ersman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Ingvar Haegg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Freddie Back fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sven-Erik Ekeroth having to interfere. The referee felt a red card was in order, 69 minutes into the game, when Alketas Kotsios put in a rough tackle. 72 minutes had been played when some careless play by Rimbo's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Silvestre Rioja was slow to take the kick. During this time Robertsfors IK's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Robertsfors IK's corner Silvestre Rioja fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ingvar Haegg quite easily take care of the ball. Sebastian Ersman made in the 79th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Knut Koch immediately put the ball in play. In the 84th minute of the match, Bartoli Echave tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Ingvar Haegg saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Kennet Eklund fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sven-Erik Ekeroth having to interfere. After 91 played minutes, Robertsfors IK's Silvestre Rioja shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ingvar Haegg 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 Robertsfors IK reached it. Mikael Håning kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. Rimbo's Kennet Eklund got a good chance for a goal in the 97th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Robertsfors IK's Peter Asklöv got a free kick in the 98th minute. Robertsfors IK's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.