League Play-Off

Kovland
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Karl Beckman started the match with the kick off. John Skager's late challenge caught a Brämhult IK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. John Skager helped the player get up and apologised. In the 3rd minute, John Skager hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tom Hägg, 4 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. If Karl-Magnus Ödman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 12 minutes into the match, Brämhult IK's goalkeeper Hans Thorsberg had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Karl-Magnus Ödman. When Brämhult IK's Johannes Sävström in the 17th minute got a chance for a shot 17th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Kovland BK's goalie prevented a goal. Benjamin Hääger made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ingmar Hedberg in the 20th minute of play. After having played for 26 minutes, Ingmar Hedberg managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Brämhult IK's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ingmar Hedberg was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ingmar Hedberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Benjamin Hääger tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Georg Ingvall charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Georg Ingvall the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 31 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Brämhult IK! Hans Thorsberg went to the wrong direction when Reine Juhlin was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. When Torsten Trulsson fell near the penalty area in the 34th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Brämhult IK's protests and gave Torsten Trulsson a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Brämhult IK's Torsten Trulsson got a free kick in the 34th minute. 46 minutes into the match, Ingmar Hedberg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Benjamin Hääger. Kovland BK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ingmar Hedberg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1.

Johannes Sävström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Benjamin Hääger tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Johannes Sävström managed to get in a good position for a shot. Brämhult IK's supporters rose to their feet, but Johannes Sävström was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Benjamin Hääger breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Hans Thorsberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karl-Magnus Ödman in the 64th minute of the match. Benjamin Hääger stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ingmar Hedberg's shot from short distance in the 71st minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rudolf Haegg during the 73rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Kovland BK booed when Brämhult IK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rudolf Haegg didn't get a good kick on the ball. Brämhult IK's Hans Thorsberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karl-Magnus Ödman in the 77th minute of play. In the 80th minute Karl Beckman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hans Thorsberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 80 played minutes Brämhult IK got a freekick which was hit by Reine Malm. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Karl-Magnus Ödman managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kovland BK's supporters rose to their feet, but Karl-Magnus Ödman was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hans Thorsberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Kovland BK's Karl Beckman in 85 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Hans Thorsberg guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.