Allsvenskan 2011
Helsingborgs IF - IFK Norrköping FK (1 - 1)
Match in Allsvenskan 2011
Match start: 2011-10-02 at 14:00
Venue: Olympia, Helsingborg
Attendance: 12,820
On Sunday afternoon at Olympia in Helsingborg, the home team Helsingborgs IF faced the visiting IFK Norrköping FK in the Allsvenskan. With a crowd of 12,820, referee Michael Lerjéus blew the whistle to start the match.
It took until the seventh minute for the first goal of the match to be scored. Helsingborg's Mattias Lindström received a fine pass and easily made it 1-0 for the home team. IFK Norrköping then substituted Gunnar Heidar Thorvaldsson for Imad Khalili in hopes of turning the match around.
Halftime came, and HIF chose to substitute Lindström for Rachid Bouaouzan. IFK received a yellow card through Shpëtim Hasani in the 59th minute, and then substituted Petru Racu for Armin Tankovic in the 62nd. A couple of minutes later, the home team HIF also opted for a substitution, bringing in Gudjon Petur Lydsson for Erik Sundin.
The match continued at an even pace, and May Mahlangu of HIF received a yellow card in the 71st minute. HIF then decided to substitute Ardian Gashi for Sebastian Carlsen in the 73rd minute. IFK responded with a substitution in the 76th minute, bringing in James Frempong for Christopher Rasmus Nilsson Telo.
This proved to be a successful substitution for IFK Norrköping. In the 76th minute, it was Shpëtim Hasani who managed to score after a nice pass from Martin Smedberg Dalence. The score was now 1-1, and the match was suddenly on a knife's edge.
After a yellow card for HIF's Erik Wahlstedt in the 85th minute, there were no more goals, and the match ended 1-1. It was a tight and even match that had both teams sharing the points in front of the crowd.
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)