League Play-Off

Tele2 arena
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) When Olof Bäckström fell near the penalty area in the 5th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Djurgårdens IF's protests and gave Olof Bäckström a yellow card for diving instead. In the 5th minute, Olof Bäckström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sven-Olof Nordkvist's late challenge caught a Djurgårdens IF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sven-Olof Nordkvist helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Rönningen BK's Sven-Olof Nordkvist got a free kick in the 7th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mårten Påk got free with Frans Blom in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 10th match minute, Djurgårdens IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by John Pihlwall to maneuver through the defense. Kenny Karlberg, 10 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. In the 19th minute of the match John Pihlwall sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Frans Blom skillfully saved the ball. Isac Gustafsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kenny Karlberg in the 20th minute of the match. Djurgårdens IF's Isac Gustafsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jan-Åke Ivarsson in the 23rd minute of play. After having played for 33 minutes, Mårten Påk managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Djurgårdens IF's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mårten Påk was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 40th minute, Sven-Olof Nordkvist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Djurgårdens IF's Nils Bergman got a good chance for a goal in the 42nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Isac Gustafsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jan-Åke Ivarsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jan-Åke Ivarsson was the one to do the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Jan-Åke Ivarsson notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Djurgårdens IF's Isac Gustafsson. Isac Gustafsson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Edvard Kruuse kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. A collision led to Rönningen BK getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Rikard Alfors hit a great ball. Nils Bergman kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. In the 65th minute, Kenny Karlberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 68 minutes into the match, Rönningen BK's goal looked a bit too open when Mårten Påk came free, but Frans Blom reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Frans Blom made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mårten Påk in the 71st minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kenny Karlberg got free with Isac Gustafsson in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nils Bergman took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Frans Blom. Frans Blom dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-3. Nils Bergman scored 3-3 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Frans Blom, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Rönningen BK were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.