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Ljungdalen
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Eddie Wiberg started the match with the kick off. Fred Fredriksson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sven-Oskar Nyberg in the 3rd minute of play. Sigvard Lundkvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eddie Wiberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Ljungdalen getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Matthias Månsson hit a great ball. In the 11th minute of the match Sven-Edvin Strömberg shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fred Fredriksson showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Jörgen Tingberg charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jörgen Tingberg the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Arsenal FC's Jörgen Tingberg got a free kick in the 13th minute. Fred Fredriksson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sven-Oskar Nyberg in the 16th minute of play. In the 18th match minute, Ljungdalen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hampus Nordlander to maneuver through the defense. An unexpected shot in the 23rd minute by Eddie Wiberg got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Melker Deckbergh got free with Sigvard Lundkvist in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Fred Fredriksson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sten Bergström in the 30th minute of play. Fred Fredriksson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Georg Mossberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Arsenal FC's Sigvard Lundkvist got control of the ball when Hampus Nordlander tried to sneak it across the goal line. Bengt-Arne Bäckman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bengt-Arne Bäckman kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. After some careless play in the Ljungdalen defense, Sven-Oskar Nyberg kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fred Fredriksson. The Ljungdalen fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fred Fredriksson should have stopped the shot.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sven-Oskar Nyberg to make the kick off. Sten Bergström's late challenge caught a Ljungdalen's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sten Bergström helped the player get up and apologised. In the 54th match minute, Arsenal FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sten Bergström to maneuver through the defense. Eddie Wiberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Sigvard Lundkvist tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hampus Nordlander received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Sigvard Lundkvist tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Sten Bergström was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 69 minutes had been played. A collision led to Arsenal FC getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Sten Bergström hit a great ball. If Bengt-Arne Bäckman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bengt-Arne Bäckman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 80 minutes into the match, Ljungdalen's goalkeeper Fred Fredriksson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bengt-Arne Bäckman. Karl-Oskar Ersman kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. After 82 played minutes, Ljungdalen's Eddie Wiberg shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Sigvard Lundkvist came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Ljungdalen reached it. Bengt-Arne Bäckman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fred Fredriksson having to interfere. 90 minutes into the match, Bengt-Arne Bäckman notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Ljungdalen's Fred Fredriksson. Fred Fredriksson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see Ljungdalen lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.