Allsvenskan 2017
Hammarby - Kalmar FF (1 - 1)
Match in Allsvenskan 2017
Match start: 2017-04-09 at 15:00
Venue: Tele2 Arena
Attendance: 30,671
Hammarby and Kalmar FF met at Tele2 Arena in an exciting match on Sunday afternoon. The attendance was an impressive 30,671 people who made their way to the arena to watch the two teams battle for important points in Allsvenskan. The referee for the match was Kaspar Sjöberg, assisted by Mikael Hallin and Daniel Ekman.
The match started with a high tempo and both teams tried to take control from the first attack. It was Kalmar FF that took the lead in the 14th minute when Papa Alioune Diouf put the ball behind Hammarby's goalkeeper, giving them a 1-0 lead.
After the goal, the game became intense and filled with hard tackles. Stefan Larsson of Kalmar FF received a yellow card in the 54th minute. Hammarby made substitutions, bringing in Johan Persson and Leo Bengtsson while Gershon Koffie and Kennedy Bakircioglu left the pitch in the 55th minute.
In the 60th minute, Filip Sachpekidis was substituted for Kalmar FF and Tobias Eriksson came in.
Both Hammarby and Kalmar FF continued to apply pressure, leading to more yellow cards in the second half. Kalmar FF's Melker Hallberg and Emin Nouri received yellow cards in the 69th and 78th minutes, while Mario Musa of Hammarby received a yellow card in the 62nd minute.
Hammarby kept pushing and substituted Romulo Cabral Pereira Pinto for Mario Musa in the 74th minute. Kalmar FF replaced Svante Ingelsson with David Elm in the 78th minute, and Mahmoud Eid took over from Papa Alioune Diouf in the 86th minute.
The match seemed decided when the referee blew the whistle to end the game at regular time with the score at 1-0 in favor of Kalmar FF. However, in the last minute of injury time, Bjørn Paulsen of Hammarby managed to head in a corner to equalize at 1-1, assisted by Birkir Mar Saevarsson. Joseph Aidoo of Hammarby received a yellow card after the goal.
The match thus ended in a 1-1 draw between Hammarby and Kalmar FF. Despite the draw, it was a game that offered a lot of fight, and both teams should be satisfied with a point each.
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)