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Match Report
Skarpan
Spectators: 158 (Terracing: 119,
Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Albin Nilsson's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Nils-Erik Åhlberg firmly grabbed it by the left post. 5 minutes had been played when some careless play by Runa United's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jan-Erik Lundqvist was slow to take the kick. During this time Linköpings AIK's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Jan-Erik Lundqvist got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Nils-Erik Åhlberg quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Jimmy Olsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Harry Boumans in the 9th minute of the match. The throw-in from Joakim Mikaelsson in the 15th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Runa United's Tommy Ekgren. Nils-Erik Åhlberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Albin Nilsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 20 minutes into the match, Linköpings AIK's goal looked a bit too open when Harry Boumans came free, but Jimmy Olsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Linköpings AIK's Jimmy Olsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ted Almstedt in the 22nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ted Almstedt in the 29th minute of play forced Linköpings AIK's goalkeeper Jimmy Olsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nils-Erik Åhlberg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Julien Staffelbach in the 32nd minute. Jimmy Olsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Harry Boumans in the 34th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Julien Staffelbach during the 40th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Linköpings AIK's Julien Staffelbach got a free kick in the 40th minute. Runa United's Nils-Erik Åhlberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albin Nilsson in the 43rd minute of play. Tommy Ekgren charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tommy Ekgren the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Runa United getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Tommy Ekgren hit a great ball. 47 minutes into the match, Linköpings AIK's Arvid Carlsson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nils-Erik Åhlberg narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Julien Staffelbach was the one to do the kick off. Ted Almstedt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 50th minute. Jimmy Olsson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 53rd minute Arvid Carlsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nils-Erik Åhlberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice moves Harry Boumans could shoot a difficult shot in the 59th minute, which Jimmy Olsson however easily saved by the left post. Thanks to some nice moves Harry Boumans could shoot a difficult shot in the 59th minute, which Jimmy Olsson however easily saved by the left post. Jimmy Olsson was out of position in the 59 minute of play, and Harry Boumans capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Harry Boumans really showed his touch with that goal: 0-1. If Arvid Carlsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Julien Staffelbach received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Nils-Erik Åhlberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 67th minute, Albin Nilsson 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. In the 78th minute Albin Nilsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nils-Erik Åhlberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Joakim Mikaelsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 87th match minute, Linköpings AIK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arvid Carlsson to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Harry Boumans's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jimmy Olsson was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. Linköpings AIK were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing Runa United to leave the ground with a draw.
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