League Play-Off

Munkfors Stadion
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Valter Almkvist started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 7th minute, Torsten Uter hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Markus Hellqvist came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the Munkfors IF fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Markus Hellqvist couldn't finish the play. After 11 minutes, Markus Hellqvist mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Munkfors IF and the Risbäck IK players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Munkfors IF getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Markus Hellqvist hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jörgen Cane during the 17th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Munkfors IF booed when Risbäck IK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jörgen Cane didn't get a good kick on the ball. With his leg Arne Ekegren managed to avoid a goal in the 20thth minute, when Munkfors IF's Henrik Åberg fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When Jörgen Cane was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 21 minutes had been played. A collision led to Risbäck IK getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Jörgen Cane hit a great ball. Munkfors IF's Henrik Åberg got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 24th minute, Markus Hellqvist managed to get in a good position for a shot. Munkfors IF's supporters rose to their feet, but Markus Hellqvist was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Arne Ekegren breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Börje Strandberg in the 26th minute of play forced Munkfors IF's goalkeeper Rasmus Jansson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Börje Strandberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 30th minute the ball was on its way in behind Munkfors IF's goalkeeper Rasmus Jansson, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Börje Strandberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Rasmus Jansson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 35 played minutes Risbäck IK got a freekick which was hit by Valter Almkvist. If Börje Strandberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Markus Hellqvist sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Munkfors IF players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Risbäck IK were winning 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Markus Hellqvist to make the kick off. In the 60th minute, Börje Strandberg left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Risbäck IK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Rasmus Jansson made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Börje Strandberg sent off a good shot on target. Munkfors IF's Henrik Åberg got a good chance for a goal in the 79th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Henrik Åberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Arne Ekegren tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Munkfors IF's Rasmus Jansson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save Munkfors IF from getting a goal against them. When Jens Dahlqvist came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the Risbäck IK fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jens Dahlqvist couldn't finish the play. Börje Strandberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rasmus Jansson having to interfere. Arne Ekegren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Markus Hellqvist in the 90th minute of play. Börje Strandberg could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 91st minute of the match, but Rasmus Jansson made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Börje Strandberg got free with Rasmus Jansson in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 94th play minute Jens Dahlqvist came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Rasmus Jansson. 0-4. When the match was over Risbäck IK could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Munkfors IF throughout the match.