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Mjöbäck IF vallen
Spectators: 7686 (Terracing: 5765, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Adriano Soares kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd match minute, Juniorerna IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lars Axelsson to maneuver through the defense. Hans Söderman made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Adriano Soares sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Adriano Soares got free with Hans Söderman in the 6th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Tomas Bruse could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 7th minute of the match, but Hans Söderman made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Bruse in the 9th minute of play forced Toarp IF's goalkeeper Hans Söderman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Juniorerna IF were awarded a corner in the 11th minute after Toarp IF's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Lech Polakowski took the corner. The corner ended in Lech Polakowski almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Toarp IF's Hans Söderman did a great save. Hans Söderman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Timothy Cottrell, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. An unexpected shot in the 14th minute by Adriano Soares got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Hans Söderman made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lars Axelsson in the 15th minute. With his leg Hans Söderman managed to avoid a goal in the 21stth minute, when Juniorerna IF's Adriano Soares fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Toarp IF's Hans Söderman proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Toarp IF from getting a goal against them. In the 26th minute, Juniorerna IF's Adriano Soares dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Timothy Cottrell fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hans Söderman having to interfere. With a little luck, Toarp IF's Hans Söderman got control of the ball when Adriano Soares tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match clock showed 37 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Adriano Soares sped through Toarp IF's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Hans Söderman. With a little luck, Toarp IF's Hans Söderman got control of the ball when Lars Axelsson tried to sneak it across the goal line. Tomas Bruse could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 45th minute of the match, but Hans Söderman made a huge save. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Paul Biörkman to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the game, Juniorerna IF's Timothy Cottrell nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hans Söderman made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Adriano Soares in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hans Söderman saved Toarp IF from getting behind. Hans Söderman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Timothy Cottrell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Bruse in the 58th minute of play forced Toarp IF's goalkeeper Hans Söderman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hans Söderman stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Timothy Cottrell's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. After some careless play in the Toarp IF defense, Adriano Soares kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Hans Söderman. The Toarp IF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Hans Söderman should have stopped the shot. Hans Söderman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timothy Cottrell in the 74th minute of play. 75 minutes into the game, Juniorerna IF's Lars Axelsson nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hans Söderman made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. In the 80th minute Timothy Cottrell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hans Söderman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Manfred Albäck's late challenge caught a Juniorerna IF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Manfred Albäck helped the player get up and apologised. When Timothy Cottrell came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the Juniorerna IF 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 Timothy Cottrell couldn't finish the play. Timothy Cottrell scored 7-0 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Hans Söderman, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 92 minutes into the match, Tomas Bruse had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hans Söderman. Toarp IF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tomas Bruse was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Adriano Soares managed to get in a good position for a shot. Juniorerna IF's supporters rose to their feet, but Adriano Soares was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hans Söderman breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. There was no doubt that Juniorerna IF were the better team. Juniorerna IF's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.