Dräggets 1 - 5 Flash (372545675)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 43256 had shown up at Grusplanen for the match. Daniel Barcelona was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Carlos Irigoin and Jan-Roelf Kone. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Dräggets. The following players took the field: Sixaba - Pettersson, Hörén - Andersson, Josefsson, Gunnarsson, Uddwald, Orenholt - Jacobsson, Emilsson, Alm.

Flash had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Zetterstrand - Igelgren, Kullenström, Magnusson, Törndahl - Bengtsson, Mathiasson, Herstad, Alexandersson - Hjortner, Falbratt.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Flash. With 16 minutes played B. Alm almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. Flash bypassed the midfield with their counterattack, leading to a free kick goal by P. Hjortner for 0 - 1. Flash had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 30 minutes, but J. Falbratt's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. 39 minutes in, Dräggets's M. Uddwald received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Some fine passing in the middle of the pitch, carving open the away defence, should have led to a goal for Dräggets, but B. Alm's shot went over the bar. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Dräggets, with 56 percent of the ball.

Dräggets put pressure on the visitors' central defence 48 minutes into the game, but P. Hörén couldn't find an opening. M. Törndahl finished off the counterattack of Flash from the left rather easily, making the score 0 - 2. After this, you could see that the players of Flash were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. P. Hjortner of Flash took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 56 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 3. Flash mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 63 minutes, but J. Falbratt was unable to convert from short range. H. Magnusson of Flash seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 0 - 4 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by P. Hjortner. With 88 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed J. Falbratt of Flash to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 5. The home crowd was given a certain amount of consolation when P. Andersson scored after a brilliant midfield combination through the centre, reducing the lead to 1 - 5. When M. Uddwald made yet another studs-first tackle after 89 minutes, the referee was obliged to book the Dräggets player for the second time, sending him off the pitch. 89 minutes into the game, H. Herstad had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came P. Adolfsson. Dräggets had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

B. Josefsson performed admirably for Dräggets. However, L. Sixaba made a disastrous appearance. Most important Flash player was P. Hjortner. T. Igelgren was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 5.