League Play-Off

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Spectators: 0 (Terracing: 0, Seating: 0, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alejandro Etxepare started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Viktor Rosén in the 3rd minute of play forced Junosuando FK's goalkeeper Martin Nyberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alejandro Etxepare did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Martin Nyberg 4 minutes into the match. Martin Nyberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alejandro Etxepare in the 8th minute of play. In the 11th minute, Alejandro Etxepare ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Martin Nyberg was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Martin Nyberg stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stig-Arne Hansson's shot from short distance in the 18th minute. 20 minutes into the game, Alejandro Etxepare recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Martin Nyberg. Alejandro Etxepare showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-1. If Erik Håning had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Staffan Åberg took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 24th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Martin Nyberg. Junosuando FK's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Daniel Snell sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 29 minutes into the game, Junosuando FK's Daniel Snell nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Chayo Porrata made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. Marc Lingren scored 3-3 in the 33rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Chayo Porrata, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Chayo Porrata showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Snell in the 42nd minute of the match. Chayo Porrata showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anders Mattsson in the 44th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Real Swertslands FC's zone, Marc Lingren stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Chayo Porrata came out of the goal and Marc Lingren tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Marc Lingren made the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Real Swertslands FC's goal looked a bit too open when Marc Lingren came free, but Chayo Porrata reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Chayo Porrata showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marc Lingren in the 65th minute of the match. In the 66th minute of the match Staffan Åberg sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Martin Nyberg skillfully saved the ball. 68 minutes into the game, Real Swertslands FC's Alejandro Etxepare nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Martin Nyberg made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-3. The audience was convinced that Alejandro Etxepare's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Martin Nyberg was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. Daniel Snell succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 4-4 in the 87th playminute. After a defensive mix-up in Junosuando FK's zone, Alejandro Etxepare stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Martin Nyberg came out of the goal and Alejandro Etxepare tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.