AIK - IFK Norrköping FK 1 - 2

Allsvenskan 2014


AIK - IFK Norrköping FK (1 - 2)
Match in Allsvenskan 2014
Match start: 2014-04-20 at 17:30
Venue: Nationalarenan, Friends Arena
Attendance: 14,418

On Sunday evening, AIK faced IFK Norrköping FK at Friends Arena in a match that offered high tempo and exciting football. With 14,418 spectators in attendance, the match kicked off, and AIK needed to win to climb the table and chase upward towards the top.

IFK Norrköping FK opened the match strongly, and already in the 5th minute, they took the lead after a fine pass from Rawez Lawan to Marcus Falk Olander, who easily put the ball past AIK's goalkeeper. AIK tried to respond quickly but struggled to break through Norrköping's defense.

In the 36th minute, AIK suffered bad luck when Norrköping scored a second goal from an own goal, making it 0-2. AIK continued to fight, and in the 50th minute, they finally managed to score after a nice pass from Celso Borges Mora to Eero Markkanen, who was able to put the ball into the net.

IFK Norrköping FK continued to play strongly, but after a hard tackle from Linus Wahlqvist Egnell, he received a warning, and AIK was awarded a free kick just outside the penalty area. Despite several good attempts, AIK could not get any closer, and Norrköping held on for a 1-2 victory.

After the match, AIK's coach expressed disappointment that they couldn't take advantage of more of their chances and stated that it was a bad day at the office. Norrköping's coach was pleased with the team's performance and thanked the fans for their support. With this important victory, Norrköping climbed up the table while AIK lost ground.

Squads

AIK

Starting squad

  • 13. Kyriakos Stamatopoulos (GK)
  • 3. Per Karlsson
  • 4. Nils-Eric Johansson (C)
  • 5. Panajotis Dimitriadis
  • 6. Alexander Milošević (YC '90+3)
  • 7. Eero Markkanen (Off '54)
  • 10. Celso Borges Mora
  • 11. Nabil Bahoui (Off '66)
  • 15. Robin Quaison
  • 16. Martin Lorentzson (D) (Off '87)
  • 36. Henok Goitom (D)

Substitutions

  • 35. Patrik Carlgren (GK)
  • 18. Noah Sonko Sundberg
  • 20. Ibrahim Moro
  • 21. Chibuike Kennedy Igboananike (In '54)
  • 25. Sam Lundholm (In '66)
  • 28. Niclas Eliasson
  • 29. Anton Salétros (In '87)

IFK Norrköping FK

Starting squad

  • 91. David Mitov Nilsson (GK)
  • 13. Nikola Tkalcic (D)
  • 3. Morten Skjønsberg (D)
  • 15. Marcus Falk Olander (D)
  • 28. Linus Wahlqvist Egnell (D) (YC '50)
  • 26. Alexander Fransson (M) (Off '70)
  • 4. Andreas Johansson (M) (C)
  • 8. Rawez Lawan (M)
  • 11. Christopher Rasmus Nilsson Telo (M)
  • 5. Christoffer Nyman (F) (Off '76)
  • 20. Isaac Thelin (F)

Substitutions

  • 1. Andreas Lindberg (GK)
  • 2. Edvard Skagestad
  • 6. Mathias Florén
  • 7. Lars Christian Krogh Gerson (In '70) (YC '87)
  • 14. James Frempong
  • 17. Alhaji Kamara (In '76)
  • 23. David Boo Wiklander

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)