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Spectators: 7714 (Terracing: 5787,
Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) New England Minas's Keith Braxton 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. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Olof Dalberg during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Olof Dalberg kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jim Jennings in the 4th minute of play forced Garphyttan's goalkeeper Brian Fribäck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Josef Strömbom kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. After 7 minutes, Arvin Löfdahl mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Garphyttan and the New England Minas players grew even worse after the yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oscar Price in the 8th minute of play forced Garphyttan's goalkeeper Brian Fribäck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Garphyttan's Arvin Löfdahl got a free kick in the 9th minute. 14 minutes into the game, Josef Strömbom was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Garphyttan's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave New England Minas the free kick. Josef Strömbom hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Brian Fribäck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Keith Braxton in the 15th minute of the match. Brian Fribäck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jim Jennings in the 19th minute of play. Keith Braxton sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Carl Brun blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Bradly Gray having to make a save. Olof Björnberg hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. In the 39th minute Dwayne Clement shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Brian Fribäck saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee felt a red card was in order, 44 minutes into the game, when Arvin Löfdahl put in a rough tackle. In the 45th minute there was a penalty for New England Minas. Oscar Price stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Brian Fribäck. 0-2. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.
The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Börje Näver to strike the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Börje Näver during the 50th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Garphyttan's Börje Näver got a free kick in the 50th minute. In the 53rd minute DeAngelo Petty shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Brian Fribäck saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Börje Näver fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bradly Gray having to interfere. Carl Brun fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bradly Gray having to interfere. Carl Brun took the ball and in the 66 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bradly Gray. Bradly Gray dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. Börje Näver received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Bradly Gray tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 77 minutes into the match, Garphyttan's goalkeeper Brian Fribäck had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dwayne Clement. In the 78th minute DeAngelo Petty shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Brian Fribäck saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 78th minute, Olof Björnberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dwayne Clement in the 81st minute of play forced Garphyttan's goalkeeper Brian Fribäck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 83 minutes into the match, Garphyttan's goal looked a bit too open when DeAngelo Petty came free, but Brian Fribäck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Brian Fribäck showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dwayne Clement, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. If Börje Näver had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 91st match minute, Garphyttan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carl Brun to maneuver through the defense. 93 minutes into the match, Dwayne Clement notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of Garphyttan's Brian Fribäck. Brian Fribäck was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. New England Minas's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.
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