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Niles Arena
Spectators: 6829 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 100) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when William Ekrot got the match started through his kick off. After having played for 3 minutes, Benjamin Nyman managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sköllersta's supporters crossed their fingers, but Benjamin Nyman was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Benjamin Nyman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Sköllersta's Pål Lindgren got a free kick in the 12th minute. Sten Fransson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 17 minutes into the match, Benjamin Nyman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Manfred Frisck. Niles city's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Benjamin Nyman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. If Sten Fransson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Manfred Frisck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benjamin Nyman in the 22nd minute of play. Sten Fransson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manfred Frisck having to interfere. In the 24th minute William Ekrot shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karl-Ove Kjellbom saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rolf Holmgren made in the 45th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Sköllersta's Krister Nordlander. Karl-Ove Kjellbom took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from William Ekrot, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Sten Fransson made a kick off. Sköllersta's Karl-Ove Kjellbom played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by William Ekrot in the 59th minute of play. Karl-Ove Kjellbom showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kim Sjöberg in the 61st minute of the match. Sköllersta's Sten Fransson got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 65 minutes into the match, Niles city's goal looked a bit too open when Benjamin Nyman came free, but Manfred Frisck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Manfred Frisck didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sten Fransson went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Sten Fransson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Manfred Frisck tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 74 played minutes Sköllersta got a freekick which was hit by Pål Lindgren. Benjamin Nyman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manfred Frisck having to interfere. A collision led to Sköllersta getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Pål Lindgren hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sten Fransson got free with Manfred Frisck in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Benjamin Nyman managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sköllersta's supporters rose to their feet, but Benjamin Nyman was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Manfred Frisck breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After having played for 96 minutes, Sten Fransson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sköllersta's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sten Fransson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the match was over Sköllersta could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Niles city throughout the match.