League

Bottnaryd Stadion
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Egil Olofsson made the kick off which started today's match. Mattias Eliasson's late challenge caught a DiamondDogs's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mattias Eliasson helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of DiamondDogs booed when Bottnaryd IFK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mattias Eliasson didn't get a good kick on the ball. 6 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when DiamondDogs's Egil Olofsson fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. After a defensive mix-up in DiamondDogs's zone, Egil Hermansson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tony Hydén came out of the goal and Egil Hermansson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Johan Hjortsberg kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. Tony Hydén made an important save on a dangerous shot by Egil Hermansson in the 14th minute. In the 17th minute the ball was on its way in behind DiamondDogs's goalkeeper Tony Hydén, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Egil Hermansson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tony Hydén showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mattias Eliasson in the 33rd minute of the match. If Stig Skålberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Egil Hermansson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Tony Hydén made a huge save. Bottnaryd IFK's Stig Skålberg got a good chance for a goal in the 41st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.

Arvin Ahlgren fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ian Säv having to interfere. Bertil Vestlund kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. Egil Olofsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ian Säv having to interfere. Tony Hydén took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stig Skålberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Michel Brander during the 65th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 65 played minutes DiamondDogs got a freekick which was hit by Michel Brander. In the 66th minute of the match Staffan Lidström sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tony Hydén skillfully saved the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 70th minute, Egil Hermansson managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bottnaryd IFK's supporters rose to their feet, but Egil Hermansson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tony Hydén breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Egil Hermansson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Tony Hydén tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Olle Johansson during the 81st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to DiamondDogs getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Olle Johansson hit a great ball. 1-1 became the score in the 84th minute when Stig Skålberg elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Egil Hermansson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tony Hydén having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stig Skålberg in the 89th minute of play forced DiamondDogs's goalkeeper Tony Hydén to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 91 played minutes, Bottnaryd IFK's Staffan Lidström shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Tony Hydén 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 Bottnaryd IFK reached it. Bottnaryd IFK's Stig Skålberg got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Stig Skålberg's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Tony Hydén read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 94th minute of play. In the 96th minute Egil Hermansson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tony Hydén saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.