League

Grönahög Stadion
Spectators: 6672 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1672, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Birger Bocklund kicked off to start the match. 4 minutes into the match, Kumla IFK's Fredric Westerberg sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Urban Bäck narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Patric Vennerlund hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Birger Bocklund received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Urban Bäck tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 15thth minute of the game Birger Bocklund who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Grönahög's Urban Bäck was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Sven-Ove Fredriksson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Samuel Ljungberg in the 20th minute of the match. Urban Bäck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Birger Bocklund in the 21st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Birger Bocklund in the 23rd minute of play forced Grönahög's goalkeeper Urban Bäck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Axel Stenqvist had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 27 minutes of play, Kumla IFK's Henning Rydelius made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Urban Bäck was left in no man's land by his defense there! Kumla IFK's Sven-Ove Fredriksson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Samuel Ljungberg in the 32nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Henning Rydelius in the 34th minute of play forced Grönahög's goalkeeper Urban Bäck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Urban Bäck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Birger Bocklund in the 39th minute of the match. Robert Boklund fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Urban Bäck having to interfere. 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Samuel Ljungberg made a kick off. Sven-Ove Fredriksson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Samuel Ljungberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. In the 56th minute, Pelle Källberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Axel Stenqvist fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Urban Bäck having to interfere. When Kumla IFK's Henning Rydelius in the 58th minute got a chance for a shot 58th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Grönahög's goalie prevented a goal. Robert Boklund received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Urban Bäck tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 65th minute, Robert Boklund reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Urban Bäck. The goal made the score 0-2. 70 minutes into the game, Samuel Ljungberg cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Sven-Ove Fredriksson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Axel Stenqvist received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Urban Bäck came out and tried to block the shot, but Axel Stenqvist slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 75th minute. 82 minutes into the game, Patric Vennerlund was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Grönahög's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Kumla IFK the free kick. Patric Vennerlund hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Grönahög's Urban Bäck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Henning Rydelius in the 88th minute of play. With an all-out effort, Kumla IFK's Urban Bäck threw himself towards the right post 91 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Axel Stenqvist, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Kumla IFK played a much better game than Grönahög and deserved their victory. The Grönahög players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.