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Unnaryd
Spectators: 7487 (Terracing: 5616, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Erik Asplund started the match with the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kaj Ödman got free with Tord Engström in the 3rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Västra Ämtervik's Tord Engström proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Västra Ämtervik from getting a goal against them. In the 11th minute, Tobias Torstensson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 16th minute Richard Fransson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tord Engström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Västra Ämtervik's Tord Engström got control of the ball when Tobias Torstensson tried to sneak it across the goal line. Erik Asplund received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Tord Engström came out and tried to block the shot, but Erik Asplund slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 22nd minute. Tord Engström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Richard Fransson, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Tord Engström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Per-Oskar Örnberg in the 34th minute of the match. Tord Engström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Erik Asplund, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 40 minutes into the match, Västra Ämtervik's goalkeeper Tord Engström had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kaj Ödman. Kaj Ödman could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Tord Engström made a huge save. In the 45th minute, Richard Fransson reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Tord Engström. The goal made the score 3-0. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Bror Sundström to strike the kick off in the second half. Kaj Ödman might have been able to make a better finish in the 54th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tord Engström. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kaj Ödman ran back to his position shaking his head. Tord Engström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tobias Torstensson, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Tord Engström didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Richard Fransson went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. 66 minutes into the game, Richard Fransson cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Tord Engström was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After some careless play in the Västra Ämtervik defense, Erik Asplund kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tord Engström. The Västra Ämtervik fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tord Engström should have stopped the shot. Kaj Ödman might have been able to make a better finish in the 75th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tord Engström. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kaj Ödman ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kaj Ödman in the 81st minute of play forced Västra Ämtervik's goalkeeper Tord Engström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kaj Ödman in the 83rd minute of play forced Västra Ämtervik's goalkeeper Tord Engström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erik Asplund in the 86th minute of play forced Västra Ämtervik's goalkeeper Tord Engström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kaj Ödman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Tord Engström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tord Engström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Richard Fransson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Västra Ämtervik's Tord Engström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Per-Oskar Örnberg in the 93rd minute of play. Unnaryd's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.