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Linde Arena
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Joélson Van Landschoot started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, Mats Vase hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 9th minute, Christofere Van Cleijnenbreughel managed to get in a good position for a shot. Milan's supporters rose to their feet, but Christofere Van Cleijnenbreughel was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Thor Helander breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Joélson Van Landschoot fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thor Helander having to interfere. Thor Helander stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Joélson Van Landschoot's shot from short distance in the 16th minute. After 17 minutes of play, Milan's Joélson Van Landschoot made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Thor Helander was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mark Lindholm hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Mats Söderström's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Thor Helander read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 29th minute of play. Mauricio Rico received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Sune Mur tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tomas Strömbom made in the 35th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Linde BK's Mats Vase. In the 38th minute Mauricio Rico shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sune Mur saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Dick Linqvist kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Sune Mur. That made the score 1-2 in the 40 minute of play. Sune Mur stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mauricio Rico's shot from short distance in the 44th minute. 47 minutes into the game, Mats Söderström was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Milan's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Linde BK the free kick. The supporters of Linde BK booed when Milan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 48 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mats Söderström didn't get a good kick on the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Mauricio Rico made the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Linde BK's Thor Helander got control of the ball when Patric Kleen tried to sneak it across the goal line. Thor Helander took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joélson Van Landschoot, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Patric Kleen succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-3 in the 62nd playminute. Linde BK's Thor Helander proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save Linde BK from getting a goal against them. In the last second Thor Helander throw himself and got hold of the ball when Joélson Van Landschoot in the 66thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. 71 minutes into the match, Milan's goal looked a bit too open when Mauricio Rico came free, but Sune Mur reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Linde BK booed when Milan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christofere Van Cleijnenbreughel didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thor Helander came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by Milan's Joélson Van Landschoot. But to his dismay, Joélson Van Landschoot quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. Thor Helander made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Patric Kleen sent off a good shot on target. The supporters of Linde BK booed when Milan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christofere Van Cleijnenbreughel didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dick Linqvist's late challenge caught a Milan's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dick Linqvist helped the player get up and apologised. Thor Helander made an important save on a dangerous shot by Patric Kleen in the 84th minute. When the match had gone on for 85 minutes, Christofere Van Cleijnenbreughel took a quick shot and it went in 1-5 without a chance for Thor Helander to make any attempt to save it. Thor Helander showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mats Söderström in the 94th minute of the match. Thor Helander didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joélson Van Landschoot went, in the 95th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-6 was the resulting score. Milan's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.