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Lovikka
Spectators: 7295 (Terracing: 5473, Seating: 1677, VIP seats: 145) Niklas Henriksson made the kick off and thus started the match. Mattias Granqvist received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Andy Smitt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mattias Granqvist fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Andy Smitt having to interfere. Pontus Ekman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Andy Smitt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Niklas Henriksson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 16th minute Hugo Glad shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Per-Oskar Björk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pontus Ekman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Villands Vånga IK's Niklas Henriksson got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Villands Vånga IK's Kristoffer Josefsson got a free kick in the 24th minute. When Niklas Henriksson came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the Villands Vånga IK 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 Niklas Henriksson couldn't finish the play. Hugo Glad received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Per-Oskar Björk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 32nd minute Niklas Henriksson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Per-Oskar Björk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 37 minutes of play, Villands Vånga IK's Niklas Henriksson made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Per-Oskar Björk was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 40th minute, Niklas Henriksson 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. If Hugo Glad had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Mattias Granqvist's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Andy Smitt was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. 46 minutes into the game, Villands Vånga IK's Niklas Henriksson nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Per-Oskar Björk made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Mattias Granqvist made the kick off in the second half. Andy Smitt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pontus Ekman in the 52nd minute of the match. Persierna's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jens-Åke Vester in the 62nd minute. The corner ended in Jens-Åke Vester almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Villands Vånga IK's Andy Smitt did a great save. Through an outstanding action, after 63 minutes, Per-Oskar Björk successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 65th minute Niklas Henriksson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Per-Oskar Björk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Per-Oskar Björk didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hugo Glad went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Anton Jonasson charged in rather forcefully in the 76th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Anton Jonasson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Villands Vånga IK getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Anton Jonasson hit a great ball. Pontus Ekman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Andy Smitt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Niklas Henriksson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mattias Granqvist might have been able to make a better finish in the 87th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Andy Smitt. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mattias Granqvist ran back to his position shaking his head. Per-Oskar Björk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Niklas Henriksson, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. In the 96th minute of the match Jens-Åke Vester sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Andy Smitt skillfully saved the ball. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Villands Vånga IK walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.