AIK - Athletic Eskilstuna 1 - 1

Allsvenskan 2017


AIK - Athletic Eskilstuna (1 - 1)
Match in Allsvenskan 2017
Match start: 2017-08-13 at 15:00
Venue: Nationalarenan, Friends Arena
Attendance: 12,087

A tough match was played at the National Arena when the Allsvenskan teams AIK and Athletic Eskilstuna met on Sunday afternoon. With an audience of over 12,000 people, the match was filled with excitement from start to finish. Referee Jonas Eriksson, along with assistant referees Daniel Wärnmark and Peter Allheim, officiated the match well.

It was Athletic Eskilstuna that first found the net when Mohamed Buya Turay scored from a pass by his teammates in the 18th minute. AIK tried to respond, but Athletic Eskilstuna held firm in their defense and thwarted AIK in many ways.

Per Karlsson received AIK's first warning in the 41st minute, followed by several other cautions given to both teams. Ludvig Öhman and Alexander Michel Melki from Athletic Eskilstuna, as well as Nicolas Stefanelli and Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi from AIK, were also cautioned.

But AIK would not give up, and in the 54th minute, Kristoffer Olsson scored with help from Henok Goitom. This resulted in a 1-1 score that remained until the end of the match.

Both teams fought hard throughout the match with several close goal chances, but they failed to convert them into actual goals. Farshad Noor was substituted in for Athletic Eskilstuna in the 61st minute, and Sasa Matic was brought on in the 78th minute. Johan Blomberg came on in the 83rd minute for AIK and tried to give the team one last chance for victory, but Athletic Eskilstuna held on.

With a result of 1-1 in this match, it was a good outcome for both teams, but AIK will likely feel a bit disappointed that they couldn't secure the win at home.

Squads

AIK

Starting squad

  • 34. Oscar Linnér (GK)
  • 2. Haukur Hauksson (D) (YC '75)
  • 3. Per Karlsson (D) (YC '41)
  • 4. Nils-Eric Johansson (D) (C)
  • 9. Rasmus Lindkvist (D)
  • 21. Daniel Sundgren (M)
  • 36. Henok Goitom (M)
  • 7. Kristoffer Olsson (M)
  • 24. Stefan Ishizaki (M) (Off '72)
  • 20. Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi (F) (YC '56)
  • 22. Nicolas Stefanelli (F) (Off '83) (YC '48)

Substitutions

  • 13. Kyriakos Stamatopoulos (GK)
  • 5. Jesper Nyholm
  • 6. Simon Thern
  • 8. Johan Blomberg (In '83)
  • 10. Denni Avdic
  • 14. Robert Thomas Taylor
  • 39. Amin Affane (In '72)

Athletic Eskilstuna

Starting squad

  • 88. Alireza Haghighi (GK)
  • 2. Daniel Björnkvist (D)
  • 4. Ludvig Öhman Silwerfeldt (D) (YC '53)
  • 22. Alexander Michel Melki (D) (YC '62)
  • 77. Zurab Tsiskaridze (D) (YC '38)
  • 10. Omar Eddahri (M) (C) (Off '61)
  • 18. Abdoul Razak (M)
  • 13. Thomas Piermayr (M)
  • 11. Andrew Fox (M)
  • 19. Mohamed Buya Turay (F) (Off '90+1)
  • 16. Simon Alexandersson (F) (Off '78) (YC '45)

Substitutions

  • 1. Tim Erlandsson (GK)
  • 3. Jernade Ronnel Meade
  • 9. Sasa Matic (In '78)
  • 12. Aaron Zahui Bazoukou (In '90+1)
  • 20. Farshad Noor (In '61) (YC '90+5)
  • 24. Johan Hassel Lallukka
  • 26. Robert Åstedt

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)