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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tobias Ekeberg made the kick off which started today's match. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Guillermo Mariano hit a great ball. In the 22nd minute of the match Henry Vennersten shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan Ferrant showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Jonathan Ferrant was out of position in the 25 minute of play, and Simon Dahlman capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Simon Dahlman really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. 29 minutes into the game, Patricio Costa was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Venezuela's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave IKS Norrköping the free kick. Patricio Costa hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. Jonathan Ferrant was out of position in the 30 minute of play, and Marcus Hedström capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Marcus Hedström really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. IKS Norrköping's Emanuel Sigfridsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 36th minute of play. The supporters of Venezuela booed when IKS Norrköping was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tobias Ekeberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. Simon Dahlman blasted a shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jonathan Ferrant having to make a save. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tobias Ekeberg in the 42nd minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marcus Hedström went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomas Illescas to make the kick off. Tomas Illescass short, quick shot in the 53rdth minute got Emanuel Sigfridsson to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 54th minute the ball was on its way in behind Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Pelle Jönsätt struck a weak shot in the 59th minute. Jonathan Ferrant didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for IKS Norrköping. After a rather tough play, IKS Norrköping's Marcus Hedström got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 68th minute, Jonathan Venegas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, Tobias Ekeberg managed to get in a good position for a shot. IKS Norrköping's supporters rose to their feet, but Tobias Ekeberg was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Ferrant breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 76th minute Marcus Hedström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Ferrant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Simon Dahlman, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. The supporters of IKS Norrköping booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jonathan Venegas didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 86 minutes Venezuela's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Per-Åke Holmgren who took care of the corner kick. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 90th minute to try and stop a shot by IKS Norrköping's Marcus Hedström. But to his dismay, Marcus Hedström quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. A collision led to IKS Norrköping getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Allan Bruse hit a great ball. Tomas Illescas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 95th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. IKS Norrköping'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.