Division 2 Södra Götaland, men 2023
Räppe GOIF - IFK Hässleholm (3 - 4)
Match in Division 2 Södra Götaland, men 2023
Match start: 2023-08-20 at 14:00
Venue: Räppevallen 1, Växjö
IFK Hässleholm won a dramatic away match against Räppe GOIF with a score of 4-3 at Räppevallen 1 in Växjö. The home team started strong, but it was the visitors who took the lead through Jussi Tikkanen after 21 minutes. Robin Strömberg increased the lead to 2-0 just six minutes later, and Axel Winberg received a yellow card only a minute after that. Räppe GOIF reduced the deficit to 2-1 after 33 minutes through Oskar Gabrielsson, but Edvin Nilsson made it 3-1 for IFK Hässleholm just three minutes later.
In the second half, the away team continued to dominate, and Isak Orajärvi scored to make it 4-1 after 54 minutes. Räppe GOIF pulled one back through Alexander Henningsson after 64 minutes, and Gabrielsson scored his second goal of the evening to reduce the score to 3-4 with twelve minutes left in the match. The exciting game continued into the final minutes, but IFK Hässleholm held on against a hard-fighting Räppe GOIF.
It was a match marked by many yellow cards, with Räppe GOIF's Simon Wibrån and William Thellsson as well as IFK Hässleholm's Axel Henriksson and Robin Strömberg all receiving yellow cards during the game. Match referee Hassan Al-Saqr and his assistants Martin Nilsson and Isak Pettersson had a calm start to the match but were soon required to be alert as things heated up on the field. Unfortunately, the attendance was zero due to prevailing restrictions.
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)