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Henån -vallen
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ragnar Dalgren took the kick off in the first half of the match. Philip Forss hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. 9 minutes into the match, Ragnar Dalgren notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Henån's Eskil Stenkvist. Eskil Stenkvist was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aleksander Wallgren got free with Viktor Qvarnström in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Thanks to some nice moves Aleksander Wallgren could shoot a difficult shot in the 18th minute, which Viktor Qvarnström however easily saved by the left post. When Ragnar Dalgren came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the Norrlands Athen U23 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 Ragnar Dalgren couldn't finish the play. Karl Sigman's late challenge caught a Norrlands Athen U23's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Karl Sigman helped the player get up and apologised. In the 21st match minute, Henån was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Karl Sigman to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Ragnar Dalgren managed to get in a good position for a shot. Norrlands Athen U23's supporters rose to their feet, but Ragnar Dalgren was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eskil Stenkvist breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, Norrlands Athen U23's Jens-Åke Hedbom got a free kick in the 26th minute. Eskil Stenkvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ragnar Dalgren in the 27th minute of the match. After 28 played minutes Henån got a freekick which was hit by Karl Sigman. Joacim Pålsson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Eskil Stenkvist tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fred Matsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Viktor Qvarnström having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Ragnar Dalgren's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eskil Stenkvist was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. Eskil Stenkvist stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ragnar Dalgren's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. A collision led to Norrlands Athen U23 getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Kaj Pålsson hit a great ball. In the 36th minute, Henån's Fred Matsson dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. 42 minutes into the game, one of Norrlands Athen U23:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Norrlands Athen U23:s Viktor Qvarnström showed great skill when he stopped Oscar Valrot:s penalty. Oscar Valrot scored 2-1 in the 44th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Viktor Qvarnström, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Fred Matsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fred Matsson in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Viktor Qvarnström saved Norrlands Athen U23 from getting behind. The audience thought a goal was coming when Per-Oskar Sjögren got free with Eskil Stenkvist in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Fred Matsson took the ball and in the 61 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Viktor Qvarnström. Viktor Qvarnström dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. In the 64th minute of the match, Per-Oskar Sjögren got a very nice opportunity to score, but Eskil Stenkvist was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 66 minutes into the game, Ragnar Dalgren recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Eskil Stenkvist. Ragnar Dalgren showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-2. Henån's Eskil Stenkvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ragnar Dalgren in the 70th minute of play. Ragnar Dalgrens short, quick shot in the 73rdth minute got Eskil Stenkvist to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Ragnar Dalgrens short, quick shot in the 73rdth minute got Eskil Stenkvist to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. With a little luck, Henån's Eskil Stenkvist got control of the ball when Per-Oskar Sjögren tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Fred Matsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Viktor Qvarnström was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. In the 79thth minute of the game Ragnar Dalgren who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Henån's Eskil Stenkvist was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Joacim Pålsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fred Matsson in the 84th minute of play forced Norrlands Athen U23's goalkeeper Viktor Qvarnström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 85th minute, Ragnar Dalgren 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ragnar Dalgren in the 88th minute of play forced Henån's goalkeeper Eskil Stenkvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jens-Åke Hedbom got his second yellow card in the match during the 91st minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Henån's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.