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Spectators: 7248 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 15) Olof Bolander made the kick off and thus started the match. After 2 played minutes 68 United got a freekick which was hit by Bo Arenstedt. 68 United's Fabian Billock played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Olof Bolander in the 5th minute of play. Andréas Sellberg could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Fabian Billock made a huge save. Santa Claes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karl-Erik Bollström having to interfere. 17 minutes into the game, 68 United's Santa Claes nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Karl-Erik Bollström made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Mats Jönsätt charged in rather forcefully in the 20th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mats Jönsätt the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 20th match minute, Piteå IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mats Jönsätt to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 23 minutes, Ball Foote managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 68 United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ball Foote was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When 68 United's Santa Claes in the 28th minute got a chance for a shot 28th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Piteå IF's goalie prevented a goal. When Santa Claes came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the 68 United 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 Santa Claes couldn't finish the play. Boruc Cerocki received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Karl-Erik Bollström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 33 minutes of play, 68 United's Santa Claes made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Karl-Erik Bollström was left in no man's land by his defense there! 38 minutes into the match, Santa Claes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Karl-Erik Bollström. Piteå IF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Santa Claes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. After 43 minutes of play, 68 United's Santa Claes made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Karl-Erik Bollström was left in no man's land by his defense there! Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

53 minutes into the game, Piteå IF's Olof Bolander nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fabian Billock made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-5. In the 56th minute, Santa Claes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 68 United fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-6. Santa Claes struck a weak shot in the 62nd minute. Karl-Erik Bollström didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for 68 United. In the 65th minute Olof Bolander shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabian Billock saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Piteå IF booed when 68 United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Boruc Cerocki didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 69th play minute Santa Claes came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Karl-Erik Bollström. 1-7. After a defensive mix-up in Piteå IF's zone, Santa Claes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Karl-Erik Bollström came out of the goal and Santa Claes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Karl-Erik Bollström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santa Claes in the 81st minute of the match. After having played for 82 minutes, Boruc Cerocki managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 68 United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Boruc Cerocki was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Boruc Cerocki hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. Santa Claes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Karl-Erik Bollström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 91st minute, Boruc Cerocki 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. Santa Claes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karl-Erik Bollström having to interfere. Örjan Löfgren kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match.