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Svenljunga -vallen
Spectators: 7234 (Terracing: 5427, Seating: 1664, VIP seats: 143) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Maximilian Ekrot made the kick off which started today's match. Eskil Bock showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Johan Eliasson in the 2nd minute of the match. In the 6th minute, Anthon Eliasson 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. After a defensive mix-up in BJK's zone, Maximilian Ekrot stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ture Nord came out of the goal and Maximilian Ekrot tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Johan Eliasson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eskil Bock having to interfere. Eskil Bock made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anthon Eliasson in the 19th minute of play. 20 minutes into the match, Johan Eliasson notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Svenljunga's Eskil Bock. Eskil Bock was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Johan Eliasson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Eskil Bock tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Anthon Eliasson came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the BJK 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 Anthon Eliasson couldn't finish the play. In the 38th minute, Kent Lindman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Johan Eliasson in the 42nd minute of play forced Svenljunga's goalkeeper Eskil Bock to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Johan Eliasson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Svenljunga's Eskil Bock played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Johan Eliasson in the 47th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Johan Eliasson to make the kick off. With a little luck, Svenljunga's Eskil Bock got control of the ball when Roger Rudberg tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Johan Eliasson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Johan Eliasson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Eskil Bock tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Anthon Eliasson took the ball and in the 60 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eskil Bock. Eskil Bock dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. BJK's Johan Eliasson got a good chance for a goal in the 65th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Maximilian Ekrot's late challenge caught a BJK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Maximilian Ekrot helped the player get up and apologised. Maximilian Ekrot kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Johan Eliasson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 72nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Svenljunga's Eskil Bock proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save Svenljunga from getting a goal against them. Eskil Bock showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Johan Eliasson in the 88th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Anthon Eliasson got free with Eskil Bock in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Johan Eliasson managed to get in a good position for a shot. BJK's supporters rose to their feet, but Johan Eliasson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eskil Bock breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 96 minutes into the game, Johan Eliasson recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Eskil Bock. Johan Eliasson showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-3. BJK played a much better game than Svenljunga and deserved their victory. The Svenljunga players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.