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Glimåkra
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The Barcelona fans' excitement grew in the 7th match minute when Barcelona's Ove Kaxe looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Barcelona's Marcus Carlberg proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Barcelona from getting a goal against them. Eric Beneth took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ove Kaxe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lázaro Joseph fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eric Beneth having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Barcelona's Tommy Söderström got a free kick in the 19th minute. António Rocha's late challenge caught a Glimåkra IFK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. António Rocha helped the player get up and apologised. António Rocha kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Marcus Carlberg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Erling Gustafsson in the 24th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Lázaro Joseph managed to get in a good position for a shot. Barcelona's supporters rose to their feet, but Lázaro Joseph was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eric Beneth breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Eric Beneth showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lázaro Joseph, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. When the match clock showed 36 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Ove Kaxe sped through Glimåkra IFK's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Eric Beneth. 41 minutes into the game, Barcelona's Lázaro Joseph nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Eric Beneth made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tomas Gulliksson was the one to do the kick off. Ove Kaxe sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ove Kaxe in the 58th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eric Beneth saved Glimåkra IFK from getting behind. Lázaro Joseph received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Eric Beneth tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 64 minutes into the match, Tomas Gulliksson notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Barcelona's Marcus Carlberg. Marcus Carlberg was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Marcus Carlberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erling Gustafsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Thanks to some nice moves Lázaro Joseph could shoot a difficult shot in the 69th minute, which Eric Beneth however easily saved by the left post. Erling Gustafsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When António Rocha was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 73 minutes had been played. In the 76thth minute of the game Ove Kaxe who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Glimåkra IFK's Eric Beneth was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Lázaro Joseph charged in rather forcefully in the 77th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lázaro Joseph the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 77 played minutes Barcelona got a freekick which was hit by Lázaro Joseph. Eric Beneth was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ove Kaxe showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-4 in the 87 minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Ove Kaxe managed to get in a good position for a shot. Barcelona's supporters rose to their feet, but Ove Kaxe was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eric Beneth breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Ove Kaxe came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Barcelona 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 Ove Kaxe couldn't finish the play. Marcus Carlberg came out of the goal in the 97th minute to try and stop a shot by Glimåkra IFK's Erling Gustafsson. But to his dismay, Erling Gustafsson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-4. Barcelona were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.