Valla Arena
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114,
Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Leif Lund started the match with the kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jonas Nordström in the 4th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kalle Joelson saved Valla Fc from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Valla Fc's Per-Olof Wennerberg got a free kick in the 5th minute. In the 6th minute the ball was on its way in behind Valla Fc's goalkeeper Kalle Joelson, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Kalle Joelson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonas Nordström, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Artemio Esdras's late challenge caught a spikarna's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Artemio Esdras helped the player get up and apologised. After 11 played minutes Valla Fc got a freekick which was hit by Artemio Esdras. Vidar Bjurström shot a long shot in the 12th minute and a light blocked Kalle Joelson hadn't a chance when the ball went into goal on his right side. It was 0-1. In the 20th minute, spikarna's Sven-Olof Petersson seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Sven-Olof Petersson the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of spikarna protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Sven-Olof Petersson had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 19th minute of the game. One of spikarna:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Valla Fc:s goal. 21 minutes into the match, Valentin Rosendal had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Samuel Enström. spikarna's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Valentin Rosendal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. 27 minutes into the match, Valla Fc's goal looked a bit too open when Jim Tönnberg came free, but Kalle Joelson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 29th minute, Jonas Nordström ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kalle Joelson was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Kalle Joelson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonas Nordström in the 34th minute of play. After 37 played minutes spikarna got a freekick which was hit by Vidar Bjurström. 40 minutes into the game, Thor Stabbe cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Samuel Enström was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Jonas Nordström took the ball and in the 44 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Kalle Joelson. Kalle Joelson dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-3.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jonas Nordström was the one to do the kick off. In the 57th match minute, Valla Fc was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Per-Olof Wennerberg to maneuver through the defense. A hard shot by Leif Broman from long distance, 59 minutes into the match, got Kalle Joelson's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. When Jim Tönnberg came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the spikarna 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 Jim Tönnberg couldn't finish the play. Tommy Strömboms short, quick shot in the 63rdth minute got Kalle Joelson to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Jim Tönnberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kalle Joelson having to interfere. In the 69th minute, Tommy Strömbom fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. spikarna's Jim Tönnberg got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Kalle Joelson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jim Tönnberg in the 72nd minute of the match. In the 74th minute spikarna were awarded a corner. Vidar Bjurström went to the cornerflag to take it. Tommy Nyström made a great header on spikarna's corner, it was just that Valla Fc's Kalle Joelson managed to reach the ball for a save. If Tommy Strömbom had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 76th match minute, Valla Fc was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tom Skräddare to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tommy Strömbom in the 79th minute of play forced Valla Fc's goalkeeper Kalle Joelson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 80 minutes into the match, Valla Fc's goal looked a bit too open when Tommy Strömbom came free, but Kalle Joelson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. spikarna's Tommy Strömbom got a good chance for a goal in the 87th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Tommy Strömbom received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Kalle Joelson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 94th minute Valentin Rosendal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Samuel Enström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. spikarna's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.
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