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Härnösand -vallen
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ingvar Åkesson started the match with the kick off. If Ingvar Åkesson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 16 minutes into the match, Åsa IFK's goalkeeper Jens-Erik Åkerberg had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bo Odman. Ove Hansson hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Aaron Gudmundsson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Max Palmkvist tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Ingvar Åkesson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jens-Erik Åkerberg didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 28th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. The audience was convinced that Hannes Hedlund's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Max Palmkvist was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. Åsa IFK's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Hans Jonasson in the 36th minute. A nice corner shot did that Hans Jonasson got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Max Palmkvist quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a defensive mix-up in Härnösand's zone, Aaron Gudmundsson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Max Palmkvist came out of the goal and Aaron Gudmundsson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 42nd minute, Alvar Sjögren hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hannes Hedlund sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 48th minute Hannes Hedlund shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Max Palmkvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Aaron Gudmundsson made a kick off. Ingvar Åkesson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ingvar Åkesson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Härnösand's Max Palmkvist got control of the ball when Hannes Hedlund tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Ingvar Åkesson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 69 minutes into the match, Härnösand's Bo Odman sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jens-Erik Åkerberg narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 69th minute, Sture Beckman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bo Odman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Jens-Erik Åkerberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Bo Odman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jens-Erik Åkerberg was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. 84 minutes into the match, Hannes Hedlund notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Härnösand's Max Palmkvist. Max Palmkvist was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Sture Beckman's late challenge caught a Härnösand's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sture Beckman helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Härnösand booed when Åsa IFK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sture Beckman didn't get a good kick on the ball. 90 minutes into the game, Ove Hansson was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Härnösand's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Åsa IFK the free kick. In the 91st match minute, Härnösand was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ove Hansson to maneuver through the defense. Hannes Hedlund received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Max Palmkvist tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bo Odman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bo Odman in the 96th minute of play forced Åsa IFK's goalkeeper Jens-Erik Åkerberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 96 minutes of play Åsa IFK's Sture Beckman was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Åsa IFK succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Härnösand had controlled the match.