League Play-Off

Stensjön
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Karl-Oskar Sandberg took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 7th minute, Hubert Bengtsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Leonardo Friberger showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karl-Oskar Sandberg in the 12th minute of the match. Otto Brander hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. In the 18th minute, Hubert Bengtsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Stensjön's Herbert Rang got a free kick in the 20th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jan Lindqvist in the 25th minute of play forced Counter Manager's goalkeeper Ralf Hellkvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ralf Hellkvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan Lindqvist in the 28th minute of the match. In the 31st minute Karl-Oskar Sandberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonardo Friberger saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jörgen Samuelsson during the 34th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 35 played minutes Stensjön got a freekick which was hit by Jörgen Samuelsson. Karl-Oskar Sandberg struck a weak shot in the 36th minute. Leonardo Friberger didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Counter Manager. 38 minutes into the match, Counter Manager's Otto Brander sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Leonardo Friberger narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Counter Manager's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Alf Alstedt in the 39th minute. It was a well-played corner which Zebastian Johansson managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Evert Granberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leonardo Friberger having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jan Lindqvist to make the kick off. Stensjön's Leonardo Friberger played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karl-Oskar Sandberg in the 51st minute of play. Karl-Oskar Sandberg's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Leonardo Friberger read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 54th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jan Lindqvist during the 59th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Stensjön's Jan Lindqvist got a free kick in the 59th minute. In the 61st minute, Stensjön's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Karl-Oskar Sandberg fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. If Karl-Oskar Sandberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Karl-Oskar Sandberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Leonardo Friberger tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karl-Oskar Sandberg in the 78th minute of play forced Stensjön's goalkeeper Leonardo Friberger to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Counter Manager's Karl-Oskar Sandberg got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sten Ahlkvist in the 85th minute of play forced Counter Manager's goalkeeper Ralf Hellkvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Karl-Oskar Sandberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Leonardo Friberger tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Counter Manager's Karl-Oskar Sandberg slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Leonardo Friberger. That made the score 0-1 after 89 minutes of play. Counter Manager played a much better game than Stensjön and deserved their victory. The Stensjön players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.