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Mönsterås
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Olov Kruuse made the kick off and thus started the match. Håkan Sundberg charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Håkan Sundberg the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Åsbro FK's Håkan Sundberg got a free kick in the 10th minute. 11 minutes into the match, Åsbro FK's goalkeeper Robert Lindell had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Markus Kleen. Bengt Smitt charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bengt Smitt the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Åsbro FK getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Bengt Smitt hit a great ball. During the 15th minute of the match Bengt Smitt completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Bengt Smitt a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 14th minute, one of Åsbro FK:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Åsbro FK. In the 16th minute there was a penalty for Mönsterås RK. Markus Kleen stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Robert Lindell. 1-0. 22 minutes into the match, Åsbro FK's goal looked a bit too open when Markus Kleen came free, but Robert Lindell reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 23rd minute, Christoffer Arvidsson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Robert Lindell was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. 35 minutes into the match, Christoffer Arvidsson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Robert Lindell. Åsbro FK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Christoffer Arvidsson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Christoffer Arvidsson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Robert Lindell tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Robert Lindell made an important save on a dangerous shot by Christoffer Arvidsson in the 42nd minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Markus Kleen made a kick off. Filip Gabrielsson hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Olov Kruuse hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Markus Kleen was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 61st played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Alfons Viklund scored 3-1 in the 64th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Peter Lundström, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 74 minutes of play, Mönsterås RK's Christoffer Arvidsson made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Robert Lindell was left in no man's land by his defense there! Christoffer Arvidsson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Robert Lindell tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Christoffer Arvidsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After some careless play in the Åsbro FK defense, Christoffer Arvidsson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Robert Lindell. The Åsbro FK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Robert Lindell should have stopped the shot. Timmy Nyström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Robert Lindell tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mönsterås RK walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.