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Ralles Arena
Spectators: 7947 (Terracing: 5961, Seating: 1828, VIP seats: 158) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Alexei Karamazov made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of Ralles Bollklubb booed when Hallstahammar IK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Karl Nordström didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ralles Bollklubb's Magne Blomqvist shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 3rd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Joseph Svartengren but with some difficulty. Leif Classon's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 5thth minute, Joseph Svartengren skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Leif Classon could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Joseph Svartengren made a huge save. Hallstahammar IK's Joseph Svartengren proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Hallstahammar IK from getting a goal against them. With an all-out effort, Ralles Bollklubb's Joseph Svartengren threw himself towards the right post 11 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Bengt Colin, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Johannes Ahlquist hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Alexei Karamazov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Augustus Batalla tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Joseph Svartengren didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Leif Classon went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Johannes Ahlquist charged in rather forcefully in the 21st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Johannes Ahlquist the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 23rd minute, Alexei Karamazov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Augustus Batalla was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. 28 minutes into the game, Leif Classon cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Joseph Svartengren was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The supporters of Hallstahammar IK booed when Ralles Bollklubb was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Magne Blomqvist didn't get a good kick on the ball. With his leg Joseph Svartengren managed to avoid a goal in the 40thth minute, when Ralles Bollklubb's Leif Classon fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The wind increased when Leif Classon made the kick off in the second half. Leif Classon recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 53rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 56 minutes Hallstahammar IK's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Magne Blomqvist who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Ralles Bollklubb's Magne Blomqvist to fire away a dangerous shot which Joseph Svartengren despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The supporters of Hallstahammar IK booed when Ralles Bollklubb was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Takeshi Tachibana didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hallstahammar IK's Joseph Svartengren played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bengt Colin in the 58th minute of play. Joseph Svartengren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bengt Colin in the 60th minute of play. In the 64th minute Bengt Colin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joseph Svartengren saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner led Ralles Bollklubb's Bror Hanmark to fire away a dangerous shot which Joseph Svartengren despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bror Hanmark in the 70th minute of play forced Hallstahammar IK's goalkeeper Joseph Svartengren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bengt Colin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Joseph Svartengren having to interfere. Joseph Svartengren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bengt Colin in the 72nd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Hallstahammar IK's zone, Leif Classon stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Joseph Svartengren came out of the goal and Leif Classon tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Leif Classon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After a rather tough play, Ralles Bollklubb's Magne Blomqvist got a free kick in the 79th minute. Alexei Karamazov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Augustus Batalla tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Ralles Bollklubb getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Johannes Ahlquist hit a great ball. 87 minutes into the match, Ralles Bollklubb's Leif Classon sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Joseph Svartengren narrowly saved just below the crossbar. During the 90th minute of the match Johannes Ahlquist completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Johannes Ahlquist a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After 91 played minutes Ralles Bollklubb got a freekick which was hit by Johannes Ahlquist. After having played for 92 minutes, Karl Nordström managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hallstahammar IK's supporters crossed their fingers, but Karl Nordström was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 95 minutes into the match, Leif Classon had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Joseph Svartengren. Hallstahammar IK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Leif Classon was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2.