Official Cup

Köpmanberget
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Söderhall's Wictor Lidberg 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. In the 7th minute, Patric Melin 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. Ingvar Hökkvist recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Edmund Gerdberg might have been able to make a better finish in the 11th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonny Almqvist. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edmund Gerdberg ran back to his position shaking his head. Thomas Lindqvist charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Thomas Lindqvist the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Söderhall getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Thomas Lindqvist hit a great ball. In the 19th minute, Wictor Lidberg ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jonny Almqvist was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. With a little luck, Söderhall's Alexander Mikaelsson got control of the ball when Sebastian Christoffersson tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jonny Almqvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wictor Lidberg in the 27th minute of play. Alexander Mikaelsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ingvar Hökkvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Jonny Almqvist didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Wictor Lidberg went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. The supporters of Söderhall booed when Hudiksvalls United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Björn Björklund didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Söderhall getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Thomas Lindqvist hit a great ball. Wictor Lidberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Jonny Almqvist tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 43rd match minute, Söderhall was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Svante Olsson to maneuver through the defense. Alexander Mikaelsson was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ingvar Hökkvist showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-2 in the 46 minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ingvar Hökkvist to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Wictor Lidberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonny Almqvist was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ingvar Hökkvist in the 56th minute of play forced Söderhall's goalkeeper Alexander Mikaelsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 57 played minutes Söderhall got a freekick which was hit by Calle Askberg. In the 58th minute, Jerry Norström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Edmund Gerdberg during the 59th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 64th match minute, Söderhall was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Svante Olsson to maneuver through the defense. Jonny Almqvist made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edmund Gerdberg in the 67th minute. 75 minutes into the game, Rikard Stenquist was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Hudiksvalls United's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Söderhall the free kick. In the 75th minute, Rikard Stenquist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonny Almqvist made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Edmund Gerdberg sent off a good shot on target. After 78 minutes Hudiksvalls United's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Svante Olsson who took care of the corner kick. In the 80th minute, Söderhall's Pål Lindman dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-3. Ingvar Hökkvist received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Alexander Mikaelsson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 89 minutes into the match, Sebastian Christoffersson notched a goal, 3-3, to the right of Söderhall's Alexander Mikaelsson. Alexander Mikaelsson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ingvar Hökkvist fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alexander Mikaelsson having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Wictor Lidberg in the 94th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonny Almqvist prevented the ball from getting in the gole.