Challenge

Röv Vallen
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Costa Rica's Axel Tasis started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After some careless play in the Costa Rica defense, John Hagström kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Benito Sanz. The Costa Rica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Benito Sanz should have stopped the shot. In the 5th minute, Olov Backlund hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 14 minutes, Michael Alebom managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. IFK Ribba's supporters crossed their fingers, but Michael Alebom was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Michael Alebom might have been able to make a better finish in the 16th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Benito Sanz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Michael Alebom ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 20th match minute, IFK Ribba was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andreas Biörkman to maneuver through the defense. Axel Tasis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Costa Rica booed when IFK Ribba was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pontus Åström didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Puig in the 24th minute of play forced IFK Ribba's goalkeeper Mustafa Barış Çile to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, IFK Ribba's Rune Lind got a free kick in the 30th minute. Michael Alebom recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 33rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With a little luck, Costa Rica's Benito Sanz got control of the ball when John Hagström tried to sneak it across the goal line. Rune Lind recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 41st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

In the 51st match minute, IFK Ribba was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rune Lind to maneuver through the defense. Michael Alebom sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 55th minute Michael Alebom shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benito Sanz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, IFK Ribba's Andreas Biörkman got a free kick in the 57th minute. In the 65th minute, Abel Carballo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. IFK Ribba's Pontus Åström couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 67th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Costa Rica. Michael Alebom sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 77 minutes into the game, Michael Alebom cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Benito Sanz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 81st minute, Michael Alebom left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The IFK Ribba fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Michael Alebom went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. When Michael Alebom came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the IFK Ribba 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 Michael Alebom couldn't finish the play. IFK Ribba's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.