League

Dalhem
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Henry Nyman made the kick off and thus started the match. Kåre Vedholm recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When Astral Claws's Henry Nyman in the 4th minute got a chance for a shot 4th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Dalhem's goalie prevented a goal. Sebastian Kihlman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kåre Vedholm, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Torsten Westerstrand came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the Dalhem 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 Torsten Westerstrand couldn't finish the play. In the 15th minute, Håkan Tingelholm hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 16th minute, Ingvar Svanér sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Astral Claws's Jan-Erik Cane didn't even have to move. Jan-Erik Cane made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ulf Strömberg in the 17th minute. Bo-Erik Löfdahl kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Henry Nyman took the ball and in the 23 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sebastian Kihlman. Sebastian Kihlman dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Sebastian Kihlman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henry Nyman, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ulf Strömberg got free with Jan-Erik Cane in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sebastian Kihlman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kåre Vedholm, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. In the 43rd minute Kåre Vedholm shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastian Kihlman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Henry Nyman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Astral Claws booed when Dalhem was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Malcolm Göransson didn't get a good kick on the ball. After the first half Astral Claws were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Astral Claws's Kåre Vedholm got a good chance for a goal in the 53rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Dalhem's Ulf Strömberg in the 59th minute got a chance for a shot 59th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Astral Claws's goalie prevented a goal. In the 62nd minute, Dalhem's Ingvar Svanér seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Ingvar Svanér the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Dalhem protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Ingvar Svanér had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After 61 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Dalhem! Kåre Vedholm received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Sebastian Kihlman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Wictor Holmstedt hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. After 72 played minutes Dalhem got a freekick which was hit by Bo-Erik Löfdahl. The supporters of Dalhem booed when Astral Claws was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mårten Åkerman didn't get a good kick on the ball. Håkan Tingelholm's late challenge caught a Dalhem's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Håkan Tingelholm helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Dalhem booed when Astral Claws was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Håkan Tingelholm didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 80th minute, Astral Claws's Henry Nyman ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Sebastian Kihlman. Sebastian Kihlman yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-3. Sebastian Kihlman didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kåre Vedholm went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. When the match had gone on for 98 minutes, Henry Nyman took a quick shot and it went in 0-6 without a chance for Sebastian Kihlman to make any attempt to save it. The Dalhem fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Astral Claws were clearly better and deserved to take the win.