Anderspojkar 3 - 5 UNITED (388197248)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 3288 had shown up at Swedbank Arena for the match. Megumu Nagase was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gottfried Sprunger and Adrian Nepiypyvo. Anderspojkar tactics involved an interesting 4-3-3 combination. They fielded: Höststen - Davidsson, Hederberg, Biserčić, Olofsson - Ehnbeck, Herdahl, Sahlgård - Anteski, Pratarolo, Ingelholt.

UNITED had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Martins - Ballegaard, Klepáč, Mörnell - Carlsson, Mijajlović, Eymeoud, Everstål, Kyhlhult - Grande, Reichenbach.

Anderspojkar mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. UNITED were relying on their ability to counter-attack. The terraces were silenced after 2 minutes when UNITED's E. Reichenbach put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. The head of J. Sahlgård connected with a corner kick after 6 minutes, and the ball ended up with G. Pratarolo of Anderspojkar who blasted the ball into the net, making the score 1 - 1. 11 minutes into the game, E. Reichenbach had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. 18 minutes into the game, Anderspojkar's M. Ehnbeck fired home from an incredible distance! We'll be seeing that on Xmas goal compilation DVDs for years to come! 2 - 1. With 20 minutes played, the visitors could have drawn level after J. Kyhlhult came through the middle, but his kick went wide. Coming through the middle M. Everstål almost scored the equaliser for UNITED after 24 minutes, but S. Höststen made an excellent save, tipping the awkwardly curled shot past the post. After 27 minutes, UNITED raised their score by one when E. Carlsson's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by J. Kyhlhult. 2 - 2. It was 2 - 2 at the break. UNITED enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 57 percent of possession.

With 49 minutes gone, Anderspojkar had a free kick in a decent position. Despite this being a great chance for a shot, they tried a cheeky move intended to bypass the defence. However, M. Ehnbeck did not manage to connect with it cleanly and the ball went out. E. Carlsson of UNITED was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. UNITED had to make a substitution after 62 minutes. E. Carlsson limped off the field and was replaced by P. Lifbeck. A lack of experience caused A. Klepáč to make a difficult dribble close to dangerous opponent G. Pratarolo of Anderspojkar, who took the opportunity to score making it 3 - 2. Some brilliant football from the visitors' right wing resulted in a levelling of the score as UNITED's J. Mörnell put the ball in the onion bag after 70 minutes to make it 3 - 3. After a fine move down the middle U. Biserčić nearly gave the home side a goal after 76 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. UNITED's J. Mörnell gave the visitors a 3 - 4 lead after 79 minutes with a superb strike from the right. J. Kyhlhult received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 83 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 3 - 5. The UNITED fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. Possession in this half belonged to UNITED, who controlled the ball 64 percent of the time.

M. Ehnbeck performed admirably for Anderspojkar. On the other hand, S. Höststen's play was disheartening. The most dominating UNITED player was without a doubt I. Grande. However, O. Martins made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 5.