Blåbären 2 - 4 Kardoz (388103552)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Vaccinium Arena saw a crowd turnout of 42141. Quim Lagoa was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Slobodan Mirović and Daniel Glass. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Blåbären. Starters: Lee - Falquist, Kundegraber, Brandin - Ziegert, Hagbeck, Tillgren, Lundquist, Prieur - Raudas, Ghazouani.

Kardoz tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: bin Hj Bachik - Bravetti, Sigwald, Matos Sá, Angara - Villarroel, Börjesson, Börjesson, Pettersson - Papandrea, Gaytán.

This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when J. Börjesson slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against K. Lee, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. The guests took the lead 14 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in A. Papandrea scoring to make it 0 - 1. With 15 minutes played, L. Kundegraber of Blåbären fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. L. Kundegraber missed a penalty after 19 minutes that would have put the teams level. The corner kick from L. Kundegraber was powerfully met by the head of M. Prieur to make the score 1 - 1. 31 minutes into the game, J. Börjesson had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. Halftime score was 1 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Kardoz, with 52 percent of the ball.

50 minutes into the match, Blåbären's J. Raudas demonstrated his famed speed as he raced past his marker and passed the ball to M. Ghazouani who chipped it in for 2 - 1. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Blåbären coach let S. Eugeni replace M. Tillgren after 50 minutes. A great save by keeper Z. bin Hj Bachik after 67 minutes kept the visitors in the game after M. Ghazouani struck from the left with a real cannonball. P. Hagbeck wanted to play on, but the Blåbären coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 70 minutes into the game by J. Askenskog. The Blåbären captaincy was handed to J. Askenskog. Kardoz's counterattacks were lethal to the opposing defence, allowing M. Börjesson to score easily from the right flank for 2 - 2. The Kardoz free kick 73 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of J. Angara, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 2 - 3! With 80 minutes played, Kardoz put themselves up 2 - 4 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was A. Papandrea. The Kardoz coach was visibly pleased with the score so far, but still ordered a few tactical changes 81 minutes into the game. After 81 minutes, Blåbären switched M. Ghazouani with A. Fjällstad, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Kardoz claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

The most dominating Blåbären player was without a doubt K. Lee. M. Falquist turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Kardoz player was M. Pettersson. D. Sigwald was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 4.