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Spectators: 7472 (Terracing: 5605, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Nytäppet Fc's Xande Solitario started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The attack was good, but when Ilias Markatos in the 5th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. With a little luck, Nytäppet Fc's Sture Abrahamsson got control of the ball when Reinaldo Jaen tried to sneak it across the goal line. Sture Fanström charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sture Fanström the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Nytäppet Fc getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Sture Fanström hit a great ball. The supporters of Nytäppet Fc booed when Amaranthus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bror Lövgren didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some careless play in the Amaranthus defense, Gianluigi p'Bitek kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Anton Brander. The Amaranthus fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Anton Brander should have stopped the shot. Anton Brander stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Xande Solitario's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. Simon Krückmann made in the 26th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Amaranthus's Jani Toppinen. 29 minutes into the match, Sture Fanström notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Amaranthus's Anton Brander. Anton Brander was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Sture Fanström's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anton Brander was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. Anton Brander took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gianluigi p'Bitek, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gianluigi p'Bitek sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 40 minutes into the match, Amaranthus's goal looked a bit too open when Xande Solitario came free, but Anton Brander reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Anton Brander showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sture Fanström, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. In the 47th minute Xande Solitario shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anton Brander saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Reinaldo Jaen was the one to do the kick off. With a little luck, Amaranthus's Anton Brander got control of the ball when Ilias Markatos tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 60th minute Sture Fanström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anton Brander saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Anton Brander made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gianluigi p'Bitek in the 67th minute of play. Ilias Markatos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Anton Brander made a huge save. After some careless play in the Amaranthus defense, Xande Solitario kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Anton Brander. The Amaranthus fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Anton Brander should have stopped the shot. Amaranthus made a substitution. Genílson Meireles replaced Emil Frisck. Anton Brander made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gianluigi p'Bitek in the 75th minute of play. Anton Brander made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Xande Solitario sent off a good shot on target. Anton Brander made an important save on a dangerous shot by Xande Solitario in the 79th minute. Anton Brander was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Sture Fanström. Amaranthus's Anton Brander played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gianluigi p'Bitek in the 85th minute of play. Xande Solitario took the ball and in the 87 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Anton Brander. Anton Brander dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. In the 90th minute, Xande Solitario hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 94 minutes in the game Quinn Quet did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Ilias Markatos.