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Zadran Arenan
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) In the 7th minute, Mårten Kling hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Nora IFK booed when FC Zadran was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mårten Kling didn't get a good kick on the ball. Charlie Danielsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karl-Magnus Svensson, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. A collision led to FC Zadran getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Mårten Kling hit a great ball. After 20 minutes, Kjell Björklund mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Zadran and the Nora IFK players grew even worse after the yellow card. Konrad Kullander received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Pedrão Cardoso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Nora IFK's Pedrão Cardoso got control of the ball when Manfred Gabrielsson tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jonas Andersson got free with Pedrão Cardoso in the 29th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Carl Kollberg got free with Pedrão Cardoso in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Karl-Magnus Svensson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Charlie Danielsson was relentless in the 38th minute of the game.

53 minutes had been played when some careless play by Nora IFK's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ulf Sefastsson was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Zadran's players had a chance to rest. The corner led FC Zadran's Ulf Sefastsson to fire away a dangerous shot which Pedrão Cardoso despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 57th match minute, Nora IFK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leif Olsson to maneuver through the defense. It was beautiful to see FC Zadran's Ulf Sefastsson in action when he in the 59th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Nora IFK's Pedrão Cardoso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Manfred Gabrielsson in the 60th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonas Andersson in the 61st minute of play forced Nora IFK's goalkeeper Pedrão Cardoso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jan-Ove Fågel kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. 66 minutes into the match, Nora IFK's goal looked a bit too open when Manfred Gabrielsson came free, but Pedrão Cardoso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Nora IFK getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Karl-Magnus Svensson hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Manfred Gabrielsson in the 70th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pedrão Cardoso saved Nora IFK from getting behind. Pedrão Cardoso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonas Andersson in the 71st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Nora IFK's Johannes Hjortsberg got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Nora IFK's Hubert Caspersson was substituted for Johannes Hjortsberg. Manfred Gabrielsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pedrão Cardoso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manfred Gabrielsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pedrão Cardoso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manfred Gabrielsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Manfred Gabrielsson during the 85th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 86th minute, Manfred Gabrielsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Manfred Gabrielsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedrão Cardoso was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. Charlie Danielsson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Andrei Korol's shot from short distance in the 95th minute. Karl-Magnus Svensson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Charlie Danielsson having to interfere. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Nora IFK walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.