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Spectators: 7754 (Terracing: 5817, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Manfred Rosen started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Kjell-Arne Jakobsson cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Rickard Falkrans was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Rickard Falkrans took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kjell-Arne Jakobsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in FC Hamneskär's zone, Manfred Rosen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rickard Falkrans came out of the goal and Manfred Rosen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 22 minutes, Manfred Rosen managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. The Great Ottoman Empire's supporters crossed their fingers, but Manfred Rosen was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Kjell-Arne Jakobsson scored 0-2 in the 25th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rickard Falkrans, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Hamneskär's goalkeeper Rickard Falkrans, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The referee felt a red card was in order, 32 minutes into the game, when Wiktor Ahlén put in a rough tackle. In the 32nd minute, one of The Great Ottoman Empire:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for The Great Ottoman Empire. The Great Ottoman Empire:s Rutger Landin showed great skill when he stopped Ivar Bogren:s penalty. Rickard Falkrans came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by The Great Ottoman Empire's Manfred Rosen. But to his dismay, Manfred Rosen quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Manfred Rosen struck a weak shot in the 39th minute. Rickard Falkrans didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for The Great Ottoman Empire. Manfred Rosen charged in rather forcefully in the 40th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Manfred Rosen the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Manfred Rosen kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. In the 43rd minute of the match FC Hamneskär got a corner. The Great Ottoman Empire's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ivar Bogren ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Ivar Bogren almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but The Great Ottoman Empire's Rutger Landin did a great save. After the first half The Great Ottoman Empire were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Christer Bollström made the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, FC Hamneskär's Rickard Falkrans got control of the ball when Manfred Rosen tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in FC Hamneskär's zone, Manfred Rosen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rickard Falkrans came out of the goal and Manfred Rosen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to FC Hamneskär getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Folke Deckbergh hit a great ball. Manfred Rosen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Rickard Falkrans tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 69 minutes in the game Bo Lindqvist did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Karl-Johan Gregersson. In the 70th minute Edvin Källberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rutger Landin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rickard Falkrans made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Manfred Rosen sent off a good shot on target. After 80 played minutes FC Hamneskär got a freekick which was hit by Rikard Frykberg. After having played for 81 minutes, Otto Alströmmer managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. The Great Ottoman Empire's supporters crossed their fingers, but Otto Alströmmer was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a little luck, FC Hamneskär's Rickard Falkrans got control of the ball when Sven-Olof Bergstedt tried to sneak it across the goal line. Manfred Rosen hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Rutger Landin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karl-Johan Gregersson, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. The FC Hamneskär fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. The Great Ottoman Empire were clearly better and deserved to take the win.