League

Herman Arena 2008
Spectators: 7292 (Terracing: 5471, Seating: 1677, VIP seats: 144) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jonas Holmgren took the kick off in the first half of the match. Michael Forsberg might have been able to make a better finish in the 4th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Sakarias Göransson. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Michael Forsberg ran back to his position shaking his head. After 6 minutes, Alfred Blomkvist mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Herman and the SeMpEr players grew even worse after the yellow card. When Jonas Holmgren came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the SeMpEr 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 Jonas Holmgren couldn't finish the play. Herman's Georg Asserlind played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Konrad Sundberg in the 12th minute of play. Sakarias Göransson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michael Forsberg in the 14th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in SeMpEr's zone, Michael Forsberg stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sakarias Göransson came out of the goal and Michael Forsberg tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. SeMpEr's Sakarias Göransson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save SeMpEr from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Samuel Lönn got free with Sakarias Göransson in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 23rd minute, Konrad Sundberg left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SeMpEr fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 31stth minute of the game Jonas Holmgren who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Herman's Georg Asserlind was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Georg Asserlind showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konrad Sundberg in the 35th minute of the match. The supporters of Herman booed when SeMpEr was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gottfrid Hedman didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Michael Forsberg managed to get in a good position for a shot. Herman's supporters rose to their feet, but Michael Forsberg was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sakarias Göransson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Michael Forsberg managed to get in a good position for a shot. Herman's supporters rose to their feet, but Michael Forsberg was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sakarias Göransson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to SeMpEr getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Gottfrid Hedman hit a great ball. In the 50th minute Herman were awarded a corner. Karl-Erik Kellberg went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Herman's Karl-Erik Kellberg to fire away a dangerous shot which Sakarias Göransson despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Michael Forsberg to strike the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the game, Birger Lundin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. SeMpEr's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Herman the free kick. 55 minutes into the match, Samuel Lönn notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of SeMpEr's Sakarias Göransson. Sakarias Göransson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 60th minute the ball was on its way in behind Herman's goalkeeper Georg Asserlind, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Georg Asserlind showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonas Holmgren in the 62nd minute of the match. Michael Forsberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Sakarias Göransson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sakarias Göransson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Michael Forsberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Konrad Sundberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Georg Asserlind tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jonas Holmgren fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Georg Asserlind having to interfere. Sakarias Göransson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Samuel Lönn in the 76th minute of play. Sakarias Göransson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Michael Forsberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Staffan Jönsson kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Sakarias Göransson came out of the goal in the 87th minute to try and stop a shot by Herman's Michael Forsberg. But to his dismay, Michael Forsberg quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Herman's Samuel Lönn suffered a sprained foot after 90 minutes and couldn't finish the game. After 90 minutes, Emanuel Svanér mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SeMpEr and the Herman players grew even worse after the yellow card. Emanuel Svanér kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. Herman's Karl-Erik Kellberg couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for SeMpEr. Herman's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.