Dollares 4 - 2 Samuraj (372543264)

36453 spectators had found their way to Dollares Arena, despite the heavy rain. Nicolaj Witt was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dane Litrić and Bengt-Arne Mörnstrand. People from all over Stockholm had joined up for the derby. Dollares tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. Starters: Hökquist - Tellmo, Žegarac - Hjalmarsson, Malmbrant, Pilby, Strömbrant, Grundfeldt - Stolt, Edenmar, Gulldahl.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Samuraj. They fielded: Viner - Hansson, Ericsson, Ngidi - Billman, Torsson, Yngvesson, Teller, Säfström - Zetterstedt, Johansson.

The rain made it hard for players like T. Johansson to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day. 21 minutes into the game, S. Tellmo had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came S. Kjellander. It was a bad day for the usually speedy P. Torsson. The mud seemed to slow him down. L. Pilby dispatched a majestic long shot 25 minutes into the match, but missed the goal by a few metres. The guests took the lead 31 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in T. Johansson scoring to make it 0 - 1. Dollares's M. Gulldahl put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored to make the score 1 - 1 with 32 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock. A badly positioned defensive formation on a free kick after 33 minutes led to Samuraj's M. Hansson giving the visitors the lead 1 - 2. 1 - 2 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Samuraj, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

The crowd roared in delight as D. Edenmar finished off a spectacular series of passes through the middle to even the score for Dollares 67 minutes into the match. 2 - 2. Making his way up the middle 70 minutes into the match, P. Stolt almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert E. Viner blocked it to keep the score level. Dollares fans held their breath as P. Stolt scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 3 - 2! A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Dollares's D. Edenmar increasing the lead to 4 - 2. 78 minutes in, Samuraj's R. Billman received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Samuraj claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

Most important Dollares player was P. Strömbrant. On the other hand, S. Kjellander's play was disheartening. Samuraj's best player was L. Zetterstedt. A. Säfström on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 2.