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Furehov Arena
Spectators: 7152 (Terracing: 5467, Seating: 1675, VIP seats: 10) The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Kenneth Wall during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Kenneth Wall kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. After taking down the ball on FC Riverhouse's corner Karl-Erik Lindberg fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Karl-Michael Kolberg quite easily take care of the ball. Aleksander Nordlund took the ball and in the 8 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Östen Dalberg. Östen Dalberg 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. With his leg Karl-Michael Kolberg managed to avoid a goal in the 14thth minute, when FC Riverhouse's Kjell Björklund fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Aleksander Nordlund fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Östen Dalberg having to interfere. Kjell Björklund sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 32 minutes, Evert Vinström managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bender Football Club's supporters crossed their fingers, but Evert Vinström was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Kjell Björklund's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 34thth minute, Karl-Michael Kolberg skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After 36 played minutes FC Riverhouse got a freekick which was hit by Torbjörn Soned. If Evert Vinström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, Stefan Nyman managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Riverhouse's supporters rose to their feet, but Stefan Nyman was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Karl-Michael Kolberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a little luck, Bender Football Club's Karl-Michael Kolberg got control of the ball when Kjell Björklund tried to sneak it across the goal line. FC Riverhouse's Stefan Nyman got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Stefan Nyman 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 the first half Bender Football Club were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Aleksander Nordlund to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the game, Stefan Nyman cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Karl-Michael Kolberg was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Östen Dalberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aleksander Nordlund in the 56th minute of play. Stefan Nyman struck a weak shot in the 58th minute. Karl-Michael Kolberg didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC Riverhouse. Karl-Michael Kolberg didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when FC Riverhouse's Kjell Björklund shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-1 in the ordered_time% minute. When Kjell Björklund came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the FC Riverhouse 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 Kjell Björklund couldn't finish the play. Kjell Björklund sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Karl-Michael Kolberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stefan Nyman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Stefan Nyman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Karl-Michael Kolberg was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. Stefan Nyman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Karl-Michael Kolberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stefan Nyman in the 87th minute of play forced Bender Football Club's goalkeeper Karl-Michael Kolberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 91 minutes into the match, Kjell Björklund notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Bender Football Club's Karl-Michael Kolberg. Karl-Michael Kolberg was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Torbjörn Soned had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 96th minute of the game. One of Bender Football Club:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of FC Riverhouse:s goal. FC Riverhouse's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.