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Spectators: 6776 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1676, VIP seats: 100) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Henrik Vollander made the kick off which started today's match. After some fancy dribbling in the 6th minute, Alf Julin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Eskilstuna's supporters rose to their feet, but Alf Julin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ulrik Andreasson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Storvik getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Erling Jernberg hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Henrik Vollander's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dan Bröms was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. After 12 minutes, Linus Karlberg mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Eskilstuna and the Storvik players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 12th minute, Linus Karlberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Urban Österberg was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 13th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Alf Julin's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ulrik Andreasson read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 16th minute of play. A collision led to Storvik getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Johan Torstensson hit a great ball. A collision led to Storvik getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Erling Jernberg hit a great ball. After 24 played minutes, Eskilstuna's Lukas Söderlund shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ulrik Andreasson came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Eskilstuna reached it. When Eskilstuna's Roger Mossberg in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Storvik's goalie prevented a goal. Ulrik Andreasson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roger Mossberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Urban Österberg kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. Urban Österberg took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 39th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Dan Bröms. Eskilstuna's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Dan Bröms showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henrik Vollander, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Dan Bröms showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thomas Pilberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Henrik Vollander might have been able to make a better finish in the 43rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dan Bröms. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Henrik Vollander ran back to his position shaking his head. Eskilstuna's Linus Karlberg got his second yellow card of the match in the 43rd minute. The referee ordered Linus Karlberg off the ground. After 44 played minutes Eskilstuna got a freekick which was hit by Linus Karlberg. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alf Julin to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Roger Mossberg 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. Henrik Vestlund struck a weak shot in the 56th minute. Ulrik Andreasson didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Eskilstuna. 64 minutes into the game, Alf Julin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Ulrik Andreasson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 68th minute, Thomas Pilberg made a precise shot to the right of Dan Bröms. Eskilstuna's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Thomas Pilberg got free with Dan Bröms in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ulrik Andreasson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alf Julin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eskilstuna's Dan Bröms proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save Eskilstuna from getting a goal against them. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.