League

Lenhovda
Spectators: 6789 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1689, VIP seats: 100) Efesspor's Conny Biörling started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. When the match had gone on for 3 minutes, Sakarias Wiberg took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Christian Apelkvist to make any attempt to save it. Rutger Hjortberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ingvar Frisck, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Christian Apelkvist made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Sakarias Wiberg sent off a good shot on target. Ingvar Frisck sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ingvar Frisck sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ingvar Frisck fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rutger Hjortberg having to interfere. Efesspor's Rutger Hjortberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ingvar Frisck in the 31st minute of play. After some careless play in the Efesspor defense, Emil Hammarström kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rutger Hjortberg. The Efesspor fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rutger Hjortberg should have stopped the shot. Rutger Hjortberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ingvar Frisck in the 39th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 41st minute, Emil Hammarström managed to get in a good position for a shot. Torsby FF's supporters rose to their feet, but Emil Hammarström was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rutger Hjortberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Emil Hammarström's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rutger Hjortberg read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 43rd minute of play. Emil Hammarström sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ingvar Frisck to make the kick off. 53 minutes had been played when some careless play by Efesspor's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ingvar Frisck was slow to take the kick. During this time Torsby FF's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Efesspor's goalie and right to Emil Hammarström. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Efesspor's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Ingvar Frisck's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 55thth minute, Rutger Hjortberg skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Jan Säv received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Rutger Hjortberg came out and tried to block the shot, but Jan Säv slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 56th minute. Rutger Hjortberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sixten Lundström in the 65th minute of the match. Emil Hammarström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Rutger Hjortberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ingvar Frisck's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 69thth minute, Rutger Hjortberg skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When Conny Biörling came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Efesspor 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 Conny Biörling couldn't finish the play. 73 minutes into the game, Holger Sigfridsson was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Torsby FF's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Efesspor the free kick. If Ingvar Frisck had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sakarias Wiberg in the 82nd minute of play forced Torsby FF's goalkeeper Christian Apelkvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ingvar Frisck 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. If Ingvar Frisck had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rutger Hjortberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sixten Lundström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 90 minutes into the match, Efesspor's goalkeeper Rutger Hjortberg had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ingvar Frisck. Efesspor's Rutger Hjortberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tage Lundberg in the 95th minute of play. Holger Sigfridsson's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rutger Hjortberg read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 96th minute of play. The Efesspor fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Torsby FF were clearly better and deserved to take the win.