Division 2 Norrland, men 2020
Umeå FC Akademi - IFK Östersund (2 - 1)
Match in Division 2 Norrland, men 2020
Match start: 2020-08-22 at 15:00
Venue: Tegstunets IP
Attendance: 50
Umeå FC Akademi faced IFK Östersund at Tegstunets IP in a Division 2 Norrland match on Saturday afternoon. With 50 spectators in the stands and referee Niklas Abrahamsson along with his assistant referees Oscar Holgerson and Peter Lundin on the field, both teams entered the pitch.
Umeå FC Akademi started the match in seventh place in the table, while the visitors from Östersund were in second place. Expectations were high from both teams when the referee blew the whistle to start the match at 15:00.
After 28 minutes, the first warning of the match was issued to Tobias Sundström from IFK Östersund. Eleven minutes later, the home team got their first goal when Adam Sandström scored, giving Umeå FC Akademi a 1-0 lead. Joel Carlsson then received a warning in the 45th minute.
After the halftime break, IFK Östersund made two substitutions, with Adrian Andersson and Jakob Johnsson replacing Henrik Lööf and Carl Larsson. It took another twelve minutes after the break before IFK Östersund could equalize with a goal from Malcolm Stolt in the 57th minute.
Umeå FC Akademi responded by substituting Olle Sandkvist for Joel Carlsson in the 66th minute. They then made three substitutions at once, bringing in Alfred Lundström, Johannes Layton, and Hugo Bergström, while David Ekman, John Carrick, and Adam Sandström were taken off. IFK Östersund substituted Mattias Jonsson and Gabriel Leding for Henrik Dillner and Niklas Andersson.
In the 76th minute, Joshua Richards from IFK Östersund received a warning. Just three minutes later, Umeå FC Akademi regained the lead through Hugo Bergström, who scored his team's second goal. The home team then made their fourth substitution, bringing Winuka Wijayatunga on for Adam Sandström in the 80th minute.
IFK Östersund tried to chase an equalizer in the dying moments of the match, and Emil Jonasson received a warning in the first minute of stoppage time. However, the match ended 2-1 in favor of Umeå FC Akademi, who have now climbed one place in the table to sit in eighth place. Meanwhile, IFK Östersund has dropped two places and is now in fourth place.
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)