årskogen 3 - 0 Devils (388210469)

It had rained all day, but 6253 hardy fans still made it out to Tallparken. Olli Pitkäaho was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Edmundo Areias and Antonio Díaz. årskogen tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Roselius - Fyhrborn, Modiri, Höstskär - Telling, Larsson, Tjäderstrand, Knutsson, Mårtensson - Dehlkvist, Ekendahl.

Devils started off with a 4-3-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Usai - Pereda, Brandenburg, Charrière, Pettersson - Ihl, Tuvhult, Andersson - Bergström, Honkasola, Svensson.

P. Tjäderstrand didn't let the weather get him down and made some great moves on the pitch in spite of the rain. D. Ekendahl of årskogen was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Some things can only be learned through experience, and M. Modiri should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting Devils a goal with 36 minutes of the match played. After a fine move down the middle J. Telling nearly gave the home side a goal after 37 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. S. Mårtensson made one of his many fine passes from the wing into the middle 39 minutes into the match. J. Telling bravely attempted to execute a diving header and the ball was met firmly with his forehead for årskogen. 1 - 0. årskogen's M. Modiri was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 41 minutes. The corner kick from J. Dehlkvist was powerfully met by the head of M. Modiri to make the score 2 - 0. It was 2 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to årskogen, who controlled the ball 77 percent of the time.

Coming from the right, C. Knutsson almost managed to score another goal for årskogen, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. R. Larsson squirmed through their central defence after 70 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 0. D. Ekendahl could have increased the lead after 76 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. After 77 minutes Devils's M. Pettersson contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by årskogen, with 84 percent of the ball.

årskogen's top performer was clearly R. Larsson. J. Dehlkvist on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Devils player was M. Usai. On the other hand, H. Tuvhult's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 0.