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Yxlan -vallen
Spectators: 6680 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1680, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Osvald Lekberg kicked off to start the match. If Edmund Pihlgren had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gösta Hjortberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from John Jernberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Gilbert Jernberg hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Robin Ahlén took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 7th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Gösta Hjortberg. Yxlan's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Kurt Strömberg made in the 9th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Yxlan's Tommy Ståhlberg. In the 18th minute, John Jernberg ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gösta Hjortberg was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 26th minute John Jernberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gösta Hjortberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Götene getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Nils Stenberg hit a great ball. In the 31st minute, Sven-Oskar Ekström 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. Gösta Hjortberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edmund Pihlgren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 43 minutes into the match, John Jernberg notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Yxlan's Gösta Hjortberg. Gösta Hjortberg was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 48 minutes into the match, Yxlan's goal looked a bit too open when John Jernberg came free, but Gösta Hjortberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for John Jernberg to strike the kick off in the second half. Gösta Hjortberg made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Edmund Pihlgren sent off a good shot on target. Yxlan's Gilbert Jernberg quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Yngve Ahlberg, made in the 55th minute of the game. Gösta Hjortberg made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Edmund Pihlgren sent off a good shot on target. After 61 played minutes Yxlan got a freekick which was hit by Kåre Wallmark. An unexpectedly hard shot by John Jernberg in the 63rd minute of play forced Yxlan's goalkeeper Gösta Hjortberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. John Jernberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When John Jernberg came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Götene 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 John Jernberg couldn't finish the play. In the 74th match minute, Götene was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by John Jernberg to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers John Jernberg in the 76th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gösta Hjortberg saved Yxlan from getting behind. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edmund Pihlgren got free with Gösta Hjortberg in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 78 minutes into the match, John Jernberg notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Yxlan's Gösta Hjortberg. Gösta Hjortberg was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by John Jernberg in the 85th minute of play forced Yxlan's goalkeeper Gösta Hjortberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 87th minute John Jernberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gösta Hjortberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 97 minutes into the game, Yngve Ahlberg was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Götene's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Yxlan the free kick. In the 97th minute, Yngve Ahlberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.