Kullen 1 - 3 United (388123030)

33020 punters turned up at Björklunda IP, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Simone Lussu was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Svatopluk Zázvorka and Arve Aksnes. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Kullen. The following players had been chosen: Júnior - Maspons, Svensson, Oz - Istorp, Sedmo, Adolfsson, Hörnbrant, Pancas - Antal, Berceo.

United decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Hermansson - Lönnén, Olthuis, Wikstedt - Van Quakebeke, Kasapis, Killbratt, Offerman, Wennstrand - Busquets, Kryachkov.

Kullen clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. United were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of United's A. Killbratt after 13 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. With 20 minutes played, United put themselves up 0 - 2 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was G. Olthuis. Kullen reduced the lead to 1 - 2 with 22 minutes on the clock when M. Svensson got the best of a ball floated in from the left. United were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. A. Killbratt of United received a yellow card after 29 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. 40 minutes into the game, A. Berceo came close to levelling the score with a dangerous shot from the centre of the area that went just over the bar. 1 - 2 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Kullen, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

The visitors nearly scored again after 47 minutes, but a superb save by H. Júnior kept A. Wikstedt's free kick out of the net. Kullen's H. Júnior had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 65 minutes having been played. R. Oechelhäuser was the replacement. After 70 minutes, Kullen used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. As the game started to slip away for Kullen, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. Unhappy with the result so far in the game, the Kullen manager used a brief break in play after 70 minutes to give the players new directives. Kullen's O. Hörnbrant made an attempt at equalising 77 minutes into the match, coming in from the right, but the ball hit the post and the defence easily cleared the rebound. With 78 minutes played, after a good run down the left, A. Antal went down looking for a penalty after a challenge from the visitors' right fullback, but the referee waved play on, and later warned him for diving. After the ball was lifted in from the left, L. Kryachkov was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 79 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. After 85 minutes, United raised their score by one when B. Van Quakebeke's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by A. Busquets. 1 - 3. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Kullen, with 53 percent of the ball.

Most important Kullen player was A. Antal. R. Oechelhäuser was a disappointment, however. United's best player was R. Offerman. However, L. Wennstrand made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 3.