Allsvenskan 2010
Helsingborgs IF - Halmstads BK (2 - 1)
Match in Allsvenskan 2010
Match start: 2010-05-22 at 16:00
Venue: Olympia, Helsingborg
Attendance: 11,141
Helsingborgs IF and Halmstads BK met at Olympia in front of an audience of 11,141 on Saturday afternoon. Referee Martin Ingvarsson blew the whistle to start the match, and it was Helsingborg who took the initiative right away. In the seventh minute, Ardian Gashi made a fine play and shot past Halmstads BK's goalkeeper, putting the ball in the net. 1-0 to the home team.
However, Halmstads BK was not silenced and continued to fight. Anel Rashkaj received a yellow card in the nineteenth minute, and Markus Holgersson from Helsingborg received a similar warning in the thirtieth minute. But it was Halmstad who would seize the opportunity to equalize the score. In the thirty-first minute, Tommy Jönsson found the back of the net and brought Halmstad to 1-1.
Before halftime, Helsingborg decided to substitute Joel Ekstrand for Erik Wahlstedt. Halmstad also made a substitution at halftime, as Markus Gustafson replaced Mikael Rosén. The second half started off well, and Per Johansson from Halmstad also received a yellow card in the sixty-fourth minute. But Ardian Gashi silenced Halmstad once again when he scored his second goal of the match in the sixty-seventh minute, giving Helsingborg the lead once more.
Halmstad desperately tried to equalize, but their substitutions of Emil Salomonsson for Michael Görlitz and Emir Kujovic for Anel Rashkaj could not stop Helsingborgs IF. In the eighty-third minute, Rasmus Jönsson was substituted for Marcus Bergholtz at Helsingborg. The match ended 2-1 in favor of Helsingborgs IF, despite Halmstad’s persistent attempts to level the score. A well-played match that truly kept the excitement up all the way through.
GK = Goalkeeper, D = Defender, M = Midfielder, F = Forward, C = Captain, Off = Substituted off, In = Substituted in, YC = Booked (Yellow card), RC = Sent off (Red card)