hjältar 4 - 2 Falköping (393813599)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Hjältevallen saw a crowd turnout of 1578. Raimo Närvänen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Basilio Lodi and Per Svensson. hjältar decided to use a 5-3-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Forssjö - Kopal, Wołkowski, Fjällbeck, Karlsson, Herth - Zheng Quan, Håkansson, Karlsson - Cordonnier, Daley.

Falköping tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Andić - Ioan, Valenti, Ravenel - Stjärndahl, Gunnarsson, Håkansson, Zieren, Modenesi - Gomes, Ehn.

hjältar used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. B. Ravenel gave the visitors the lead 11 minutes into the match to make it 0 - 1. The goal was scored from the penalty spot after a handball in the penalty area. E. Daley's speed was clear to see after 12 minutes, as he darted down the wing and released D. Cordonnier who placed the ball into the back of the net to make the score 1 - 1. After 16 minutes, a long pass from hjältar's S. Håkansson caught the defence out of position. E. Daley collected the ball, and with the goal at his mercy calmly rolled the ball just inside the post. 2 - 1. The home side's T. Fjällbeck came close to extending the lead 34 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but L. Andić managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. The referee was not popular with the home supporters after he awarded Falköping a controversial penalty after 38 minutes. B. Ravenel made no mistake, levelling the score at 2 - 2. 2 - 2 was the score after the first half. Falköping claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave S. Håkansson from hjältar a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 49 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! hjältar's U. Herth had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 64 minutes having been played. P. Kihlman was the replacement. After a fine move down the middle D. Karlsson nearly gave the home side a goal after 68 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. Falköping will have to do without V. Modenesi for a time, due to a bad foot injury at the 74 minute mark. He was substituted by W. Capanga. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to S. Håkansson, but the hjältar player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 3 - 2! Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 82 minutes, hjältar did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, S. Håkansson was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 4 - 2. This part of the game was a standoff between the teams in terms of possession.

Most important hjältar player was L. Zheng Quan. D. Karlsson was a disappointment, however. Falköping's top performer was clearly L. Zieren. On the other hand, L. Andić's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 2.