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Spectators: 7490 (Terracing: 5618, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Black Rose 1979's Eliseo Berriotxoa 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. Waldemar Matorin hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Åke Björling made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Eliseo Berriotxoa sent off a good shot on target. 6 minutes into the game, Black Rose 1979's Antonio Gombal nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Åke Björling made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Åke Björling made an important save on a dangerous shot by Davor Šuker in the 9th minute. Antonio Gombal scored 2-0 in the 10th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Åke Björling, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Davor Šuker could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Åke Björling made a huge save. Åke Björling was a little too slow when Waldemar Matorin got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 15th minute. The score was now 3-0. Åke Björling stood somewhat misplaced when Waldemar Matorin came free in front of goal and shot 4-0 to the left of him in the 18 minute. 21 minutes into the game, Waldemar Matorin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Åke Björling was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Waldemar Matorin did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 6-0 to the left of a surprised Åke Björling 24 minutes into the match. In the 27th minute, Waldemar Matorin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Black Rose 1979 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0. In the 39th minute, Waldemar Matorin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Black Rose 1979 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 10-0. Waldemar Matorin received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Åke Björling came out and tried to block the shot, but Waldemar Matorin slotted it home off the left post making it 11-0 in the 42nd minute. When Eliseo Berriotxoa came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Black Rose 1979 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 Eliseo Berriotxoa couldn't finish the play. In the 47th minute, Black Rose 1979's Eliseo Berriotxoa ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Åke Björling. Åke Björling yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 12-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 12-0.

In the 53rd minute, Davor Šuker made a precise shot to the right of Åke Björling. Motala's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 13-0. Eliseo Berriotxoa scored 14-0 in the 58th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Åke Björling, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 62 minutes into the game, Davor Šuker cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 15-0. Åke Björling was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 65 minutes into the game, Black Rose 1979's Waldemar Matorin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Åke Björling made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 16-0. Åke Björling took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Waldemar Matorin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Åke Björling showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Davor Šuker in the 71st minute of the match. 72 minutes into the game, Eliseo Berriotxoa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 17-0. Åke Björling was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Åke Björling didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eliseo Berriotxoa went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 18-0 was the resulting score. In the 78th minute, Davor Šuker ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Åke Björling was frozen by the shot and now it was 19-0. After 81 minutes of play, Black Rose 1979's Eliseo Berriotxoa made it 20-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Åke Björling was left in no man's land by his defense there! 85 minutes into the match, Motala's goal looked a bit too open when Eliseo Berriotxoa came free, but Åke Björling reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 86th minute, Davor Šuker ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Åke Björling was frozen by the shot and now it was 21-0. 90 minutes into the match, Motala's goal looked a bit too open when Davor Šuker came free, but Åke Björling reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 95th minute Davor Šuker shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Åke Björling saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 97 minutes into the match, Motala's goal looked a bit too open when Enzo-Nicolás Pérez came free, but Åke Björling reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. There was no doubt that Black Rose 1979 were the better team. Black Rose 1979's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.