League

Sandarne
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Morgan Lindström started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 1-0 became the score in the 5th minute when Kristoffer Andersson elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 9th minute, Bo-Erik Offendahl left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FireFighter FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kristoffer Andersson got free with Kjell Mårtensson in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jack Stenqvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Morgan Lindström in the 13th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Morgan Lindström in the 15th minute of play forced Sandarne's goalkeeper Jack Stenqvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kjell Mårtensson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Petter Bark, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. The audience was convinced that Petter Bark's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kjell Mårtensson was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in FireFighter FC's zone, Kristoffer Andersson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kjell Mårtensson came out of the goal and Kristoffer Andersson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Kristoffer Andersson did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-1 to the left of a surprised Kjell Mårtensson 37 minutes into the match. In the 42nd minute Petter Bark shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kjell Mårtensson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kjell Mårtensson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kristoffer Andersson in the 46th minute. When the match had gone on for 48 minutes, Einar Wallander took a quick shot and it went in 3-1 without a chance for Kjell Mårtensson to make any attempt to save it. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

The wind increased when Petter Bark made the kick off in the second half. Kristoffer Andersson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Kristoffer Andersson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Kjell Mårtensson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 65 minutes, Jan Drake managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FireFighter FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jan Drake was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Kristoffer Andersson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in FireFighter FC's zone, Petter Bark stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kjell Mårtensson came out of the goal and Petter Bark tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, FireFighter FC's Arvid Brogren got a free kick in the 83rd minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of FireFighter FC's goalie and right to Gabriel Gerdberg. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. FireFighter FC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. When the match clock showed 88 minutes, the score became 4-1 when Kristoffer Andersson sped through FireFighter FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Kjell Mårtensson. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Petter Bark in the 98th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kjell Mårtensson prevented the ball from getting in the gole. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Sandarne had played much better football throughout.