Ljungby Stadion
Spectators: 7490 (Terracing: 5618,
Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Kjell-Arne Mårtensson made the kick off and thus started the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonardo Östlund in the 4th minute of play forced Ljungby's goalkeeper Jakob Eckegren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Ljungby's zone, Leonardo Östlund stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jakob Eckegren came out of the goal and Leonardo Östlund tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Kjell-Arne Mårtensson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 21 minutes of play, Ljungby's Frans Holmberg made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rickard Tunberg was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jakob Eckegren showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonardo Östlund, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Frans Holmberg could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Rickard Tunberg made a huge save. 26 minutes into the match, Kjell-Arne Mårtensson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jakob Eckegren. Ljungby's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kjell-Arne Mårtensson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. In the 29th minute Leonardo Östlund shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jakob Eckegren saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 30th minute Kim Ahlbom shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jakob Eckegren saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 33 minutes into the match, Kjell-Arne Mårtensson notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Ljungby's Jakob Eckegren. Jakob Eckegren was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ljungby's Jakob Eckegren played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kjell-Arne Mårtensson in the 39th minute of play. Jakob Eckegren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonardo Östlund, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jakob Eckegren didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kjell-Arne Mårtensson went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Thor Vacker stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Leonardo Östlund came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the Lovikka 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 Leonardo Östlund couldn't finish the play. Kim Ahlbom sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kim Ahlbom succeeded in the game's 57th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-4. In the 61st minute, Alexander Nordal made a precise shot to the right of Jakob Eckegren. Ljungby's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-5. With his leg Jakob Eckegren managed to avoid a goal in the 70thth minute, when Lovikka's Kjell-Arne Mårtensson fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 72nd play minute Kjell-Arne Mårtensson came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Jakob Eckegren. 1-6. Jakob Eckegren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonardo Östlund, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kim Ahlbom received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Jakob Eckegren tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Alexander Nordal came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the Lovikka 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 Alexander Nordal couldn't finish the play. Jakob Eckegren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonardo Östlund, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ljungby's defense didn't have a chance, in the 83rd minute, when Alexander Nordal scored to the left of an out of position Jakob Eckegren, making the score, 1-7. Kjell-Arne Mårtensson who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 86thth minute tested the skills of Jakob Eckegren when he managed to save the team from getting behind. If Leonardo Östlund had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when Lovikka's Leonardo Östlund in the 90th minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Jakob Eckegren was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for Ljungby through an amazing save. When Kjell-Arne Mårtensson came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the Lovikka 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 Kjell-Arne Mårtensson couldn't finish the play. Leonardo Östlund sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Ljungby fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Lovikka were clearly better and deserved to take the win.
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