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Kosta
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Marcus Hedström took the kick off in the first half of the match. Marcus Hedström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Ture Söderkvist tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 12th minute, Marcus Hedström made a precise shot to the right of Ture Söderkvist. Kosta's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. The IKS Norrköping fans' excitement grew in the 15th match minute when IKS Norrköping's Marcus Hedström looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After 18 played minutes IKS Norrköping got a freekick which was hit by Allan Bruse. With a little luck, IKS Norrköping's Emanuel Sigfridsson got control of the ball when Robin Larsfält tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 20 played minutes IKS Norrköping got a freekick which was hit by Patrick Rosendal. Robin Larsfält was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 21st played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. After 23 played minutes Kosta got a freekick which was hit by Robin Larsfält. Ture Söderkvist didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marcus Hedström went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. In the 27th minute, Patrick Rosendal made a precise shot to the right of Ture Söderkvist. Kosta's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. Marcus Hedström sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 37 minutes into the match, Tobias Ekeberg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ture Söderkvist. Kosta's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tobias Ekeberg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-7. Ture Söderkvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcus Hedström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tobias Ekeberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ture Söderkvist having to interfere. In the 47thth minute of the game Tobias Ekeberg who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Kosta's Ture Söderkvist was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The Kosta players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. IKS Norrköping were winning 0-7.

In the 52nd minute, Marcus Hedström left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The IKS Norrköping fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-8. In the 57th minute Tobias Ekeberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ture Söderkvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to IKS Norrköping getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Ulf Groth hit a great ball. Marcus Hedström sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ture Söderkvist came out of the goal in the 63rd 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 0-9. If Marcus Hedström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hans Malm during the 67th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 67th minute, Hans Malm hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marcus Hedström got free with Ture Söderkvist in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 74th minute the ball was on its way in behind Kosta's goalkeeper Ture Söderkvist, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When the match clock showed 75 minutes, the score became 0-10 when Tobias Ekeberg sped through Kosta's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ture Söderkvist. IKS Norrköping's Lars Sörman was substituted for Tobias Ekeberg. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 80th minute of the game. One of IKS Norrköping:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Kosta:s goal. Kosta's Ture Söderkvist proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Kosta from getting a goal against them. After 88 played minutes Kosta got a freekick which was hit by Hans Malm. Ture Söderkvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lars Sörman in the 93rd minute of play. In the 94th minute, Lars Sörman fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Kosta's defense didn't have a chance, in the 96th minute, when Lars Sörman scored to the left of an out of position Ture Söderkvist, making the score, 1-12. IKS Norrköping's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.