Allsvenskan 2011
Kalmar FF - IFK Norrköping FK (5 - 0)
Match in Allsvenskan 2011
Match start: 2011-08-19 at 19:00
Venue: Guldfågeln Arena, Kalmar
Attendance: 6,010
It was a scorching Friday night at Guldfågeln Arena when Kalmar FF and IFK Norrköping FK faced off in the Allsvenskan. After a balanced start, the home team took the lead in the eighth minute when #5 Tobias Carlsson, assisted by #9 Stefan Larsson, put the ball in the net. Norrköping tried to equalize, but Kalmar was the stronger team and continued to apply pressure.
In the 59th minute, Kalmar extended their lead when Tobias Carlsson once again took advantage of a pass, this time from #23 Mattias Johansson. Norrköping faded more and more from the match, and most of the play took place in their half.
IFK Norrköping FK received two yellow cards after a while and substituted two players, but it didn’t seem to help. In the 83rd minute, #19 Ricardo Da Silva Dos Santos scored after a pass from #12 Daniel Lopes Silva. Norrköping tried to put on some pressure, but it was Kalmar who continued to dominate.
Kalmar made three substitutions at the end of the match, and it proved to be a good move. In the 90th minute, #4 Erik Israelsson tapped the ball in after a pass from #2 Marcus Thorbjörnsson, making it 4-0. But Kalmar wasn’t done there, and in the third minute of stoppage time, #11 Abiola Dauda scored another goal, assisted by Daniel Lopes Silva, bringing the final score to 5-0.
Kalmar FF put in an impressive performance at home and clinched an important victory in the Allsvenskan. IFK Norrköping FK will head home and ponder what went wrong.
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)