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Kongahällen
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Birger Tunander kicked off to start the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lennart Lundberg during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Lennart Lundberg hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. 11 minutes into the match, Cocaine Cowboys's goal looked a bit too open when Olof Bäcklin came free, but Peder Lägdin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Pontus Lennartsson came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Aurelia Invictus 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 Pontus Lennartsson couldn't finish the play. Lennart Lundberg hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Olof Bäcklin took the ball and in the 18 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Peder Lägdin. Peder Lägdin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Olof Bäcklin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 22nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 23rd minute, Björn Ahlfors got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After a rather tough play, Cocaine Cowboys's Birger Tunander got a free kick in the 25th minute. Aurelia Invictus's Olof Bäcklin was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 27th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Tord Söderkvist kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Cocaine Cowboys's zone, Olof Bäcklin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Peder Lägdin came out of the goal and Olof Bäcklin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Olof Bäcklin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Peder Lägdin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Olof Bäcklin to make the kick off. In the 57th match minute, Aurelia Invictus was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lennart Lundberg to maneuver through the defense. After 60 minutes of play, Aurelia Invictus's Viktor Vennerkvist made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Peder Lägdin was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Olof Bäcklin came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Aurelia Invictus 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 Olof Bäcklin couldn't finish the play. In the 67th minute of the match Jerry Harlén shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Peder Lägdin showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. If Olof Bäcklin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Birger Tunander received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Erik Sigman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 74th minute the ball was on its way in behind Cocaine Cowboys's goalkeeper Peder Lägdin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Erik Sigman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Birger Tunander in the 76th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Olof Bäcklin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Peder Lägdin was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. If Karl-Axel Ekman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Cocaine Cowboys's zone, Olof Bäcklin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Peder Lägdin came out of the goal and Olof Bäcklin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Olof Bäcklin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Olof Bäcklin struck a weak shot in the 87th minute. Peder Lägdin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Aurelia Invictus. Olof Bäcklin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Peder Lägdin having to interfere. After 93 played minutes Cocaine Cowboys got a freekick which was hit by Egil Samuelsson. Andy Lindqvist's late challenge caught a Cocaine Cowboys's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Andy Lindqvist helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Aurelia Invictus's Andy Lindqvist got a free kick in the 95th minute.