Allsvenskan 2011
Kalmar FF - GAIS (2 - 1)
Match in Allsvenskan 2011
Match start: 2011-06-23 at 19:00
Venue: Guldfågeln Arena, Kalmar
Attendance: 7,093
Kalmar FF and GAIS met at Guldfågeln Arena in Kalmar in front of a full house of 7,093 spectators. Referee Johan Hamlin and his assistants Joakim Flink and Jan-Erik Swärdh were in charge of the match, which began at 7:00 PM on Thursday evening.
The match had a great start for the home team when Paulus Verneri Arajuuri scored Kalmar FF's first goal in the eighth minute with an assist from Tobias Carlsson. However, GAIS quickly responded when Mervan Celik scored their first goal in the 51st minute assisted by Johan Mårtensson.
During a substitution for Kalmar FF in the 61st minute, GAIS's Jimmy Tamandi received a yellow card. Kalmar FF then substituted in Ricardo Da Silva Dos Santos and Erik Israelsson for Abiola Dauda and Kristoffer Fagercrantz. Mattias Johansson received a yellow card for Kalmar FF in the 64th minute, and then Johan Mårtensson received a yellow card for GAIS in the 71st minute before being substituted for Alvaro Santos.
After a substitution from Kalmar FF in the 73rd minute, where Marcel Silva Sacramento came on for Emin Nouri, GAIS increased the pace in an attempt to take the lead. They brought in Jonas Lundén and Romario Pereira Sipiao for Eric Magloire Bassombeng and Wanderson Do Carmo Carneiro in the 81st and 85th minutes, respectively.
In the end, it was still Paulus Verneri Arajuuri from Kalmar FF who determined the outcome of the match when he scored his second goal in the 89th minute with an assist from Tobias Carlsson. The final score was 2-1 in favor of Kalmar FF, who now sit in third place in Allsvenskan, while GAIS is in seventh place.
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)