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Älmekulla IP
Spectators: 7709 (Terracing: 5783, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nils Busk kicked off to start the match. A collision led to Älmhult Flames getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Raimundo Rey hit a great ball. 6 minutes into the game, Lukas Käcker cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Francois Keuppens was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When Wiktor Nyberg fell near the penalty area in the 9th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Kullavik FF's protests and gave Wiktor Nyberg a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Kullavik FF getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Lukas Käcker hit a great ball. Francois Keuppens stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nils Busk's shot from short distance in the 15th minute. After some careless play in the Älmhult Flames defense, Nils Busk kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Francois Keuppens. The Älmhult Flames fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Francois Keuppens should have stopped the shot. After 19 minutes of play, Kullavik FF's Nils Busk made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Francois Keuppens was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the match had gone on for 22 minutes, Nils Busk put it in 0-5 from a short distance just to the right of Francois Keuppens. After 25 played minutes Älmhult Flames got a freekick which was hit by Torsten Kristiansson. When Nils Busk came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the Kullavik FF 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 Nils Busk couldn't finish the play. Torsten Berggren fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Francois Keuppens having to interfere. Lukas Käcker sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Raimundo Rey could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 37th minute of the match, but Pelle Vennerlund made a huge save. Francois Keuppens made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nils Busk in the 39th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Kullavik FF's Torsten Berggren got a free kick in the 40th minute. Lukas Käcker took the ball and in the 42 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Francois Keuppens. Francois Keuppens dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-7 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Raimundo Rey made a kick off. Torsten Berggren succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-8 in the 51st playminute. In the 58th minute, Nils Busk reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Francois Keuppens. The goal made the score 0-10. Kullavik FF's Nils Busk got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 66th minute of the match, Torsten Berggren got a very nice opportunity to score, but Francois Keuppens was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 66 minutes into the game, Torsten Berggren recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Francois Keuppens. Torsten Berggren showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-11. Torsten Berggren received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Francois Keuppens came out and tried to block the shot, but Torsten Berggren slotted it home off the left post making it 0-12 in the 72nd minute. In the 78th minute of the match Kullavik FF got a corner. Älmhult Flames's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Nils Busk ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Lukas Käcker got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Francois Keuppens quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 79 minutes into the match, Torsten Berggren notched a goal, 0-13, to the right of Älmhult Flames's Francois Keuppens. Francois Keuppens was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nils Busk in the 82nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Francois Keuppens saved Älmhult Flames from getting behind. When the match had gone on for 85 minutes, Nils Busk took a quick shot and it went in 0-14 without a chance for Francois Keuppens to make any attempt to save it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nils Busk in the 91st minute of play forced Älmhult Flames's goalkeeper Francois Keuppens to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Francois Keuppens made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Sven Engström sent off a good shot on target. When the match had gone on for 92 minutes, Sven Engström took a quick shot and it went in 0-15 without a chance for Francois Keuppens to make any attempt to save it.