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Spectators: 7682 (Terracing: 5762, Seating: 1767, VIP seats: 153) Rickard Falkrans took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sven-Olof Bergstedt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Manfred Rosen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of The Great Ottoman Empire booed when FC Hamneskär was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rikard Frykberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. With his leg Rickard Falkrans managed to avoid a goal in the 19thth minute, when The Great Ottoman Empire's Manfred Rosen fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Rickard Falkrans showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kjell-Arne Jakobsson in the 21st minute of the match. Otto Alströmmer charged in rather forcefully in the 22nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Otto Alströmmer the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ivar Bogren sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 38th match minute, The Great Ottoman Empire was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wiktor Ahlén to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Birger Tinglöf in the 40th minute of play forced FC Hamneskär's goalkeeper Rickard Falkrans to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When The Great Ottoman Empire's Birger Tinglöf in the 40th minute got a chance for a shot 40th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Hamneskär's goalie prevented a goal. Rickard Falkrans came out of the goal in the 42nd 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 1-0. In the 47thth minute of the game Alfons Hurtig who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but The Great Ottoman Empire's Rutger Landin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When FC Hamneskär's Alfons Hurtig in the 47th minute got a chance for a shot 47th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye The Great Ottoman Empire's goalie prevented a goal. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alfons Hurtig to make the kick off. When Manfred Rosen came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the The Great Ottoman Empire fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Manfred Rosen couldn't finish the play. After 52 minutes, Ivar Bogren mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Hamneskär and the The Great Ottoman Empire players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 52 played minutes FC Hamneskär got a freekick which was hit by Ivar Bogren. In the 55th match minute, The Great Ottoman Empire was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jay-Jay Fahlgren to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to The Great Ottoman Empire getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Jay-Jay Fahlgren hit a great ball. FC Hamneskär's Rickard Falkrans played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kjell-Arne Jakobsson in the 59th minute of play. In the 63rd match minute, FC Hamneskär was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bengt-Rune Löfgren to maneuver through the defense. In the 75th minute Kjell-Arne Jakobsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rickard Falkrans saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 76 minutes, Kjell-Arne Jakobsson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. The Great Ottoman Empire's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kjell-Arne Jakobsson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 78th minute, Zygmunt Duszenski made a precise shot to the right of Rickard Falkrans. FC Hamneskär's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. The Great Ottoman Empire's Rutger Landin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivar Bogren in the 81st minute of play. In the 82nd minute the ball was on its way in behind The Great Ottoman Empire's goalkeeper Rutger Landin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jan-Ove Falkrans fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rutger Landin having to interfere. Rutger Landin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfons Hurtig in the 89th minute of the match. Alfons Hurtig struck a weak shot in the 90th minute. Rutger Landin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC Hamneskär. 93 minutes into the match, The Great Ottoman Empire's goalkeeper Rutger Landin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alfons Hurtig. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alfons Hurtig in the 94th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rutger Landin prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 95 minutes had been played when some careless play by The Great Ottoman Empire's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ivar Bogren was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Hamneskär's players had a chance to rest. The corner led FC Hamneskär's Ivar Bogren to fire away a dangerous shot which Rutger Landin despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The Great Ottoman Empire walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.