AFK Linköping - Eskilstuna City FK 2 - 3

Division 2 Södra Svealand, men 2015


AFK Linköping - Eskilstuna City FK (2 - 3)
Match in Division 2 Södra Svealand, men 2015
Match start: 2015-08-23 at 17:00
Venue: Fredriksbergs IP A
Attendance: 250

The match between AFK Linköping and Eskilstuna City FK at Fredriksbergs IP A was a truly exciting contest in front of an audience of 250. Referee Augin Melki kept control of the game, which featured both goals and drama.

It was AFK Linköping who took the lead when Rasmus Gustavsson scored to make it 1-0 after 12 minutes of play. Eskilstuna City FK struggled to get into the match, and their situation became even more difficult when Serkan Pektas was sent off in the 29th minute.

Despite being a man down, Eskilstuna City FK managed to reduce the deficit when Anton Carling scored in the 66th minute. Then came another equalizer when Carling netted his second goal, making it 2-2 in the 74th minute.

Ludwig Wallinder then scored the decisive goal for Eskilstuna City FK in the 79th minute, meaning the match ended 2-3 in favor of the away team. It was an incredibly strong fighting effort by Eskilstuna City FK, who managed to turn around a deficit and take three points home with them.

AFK Linköping will have to return to the drawing board and evaluate what went wrong, while Eskilstuna City FK can celebrate an important victory in Division 2 Södra Svealand.

Squads

AFK Linköping

Starting squad

  • 21. Oscar Hård Thelin (GK) (YC '69)
  • 4. Lamin Jarjou
  • 5. Markus Nikkanen Johansson
  • 8. Blend Ali Osman (Off '60)
  • 10. Fassil Carlsson (YC '78)
  • 11. Rasmus Gustavsson (C)
  • 12. Adam Agouda
  • 13. Fredrik Alm (YC '65)
  • 18. Alexander Fridlund (Off '75)
  • 19. Andreas Niaifar
  • 22. Johan Kjellberg (Off '60) (YC '10)

Substitutions

  • 2. Josef Haddad (In '60)
  • 6. Khalid Rage Abukar
  • 7. Fabrice Burubwa (In '75)
  • 14. Simon Bodén
  • 15. Bylent Halili
  • 20. Jesper Beurling
  • 23. Gustav Tinnerholm (In '60)

Eskilstuna City FK

Starting squad

  • 1. Nicklas Berg (GK) (C)
  • 3. Gabriel Yakoub
  • 6. Edvin Lindblom (Off '78)
  • 7. William Schmidt
  • 11. Serkan Pektas (RC '29)
  • 13. Boban Piperkoski (Off '62)
  • 19. Max Eurenius
  • 22. Robin Larsen (YC '35)
  • 23. Anton Carling
  • 24. Markus Wahlström
  • 32. Emil Ericson (YC '79)

Substitutions

  • 4. Oliver Andersson
  • 8. Johan Bergfeld
  • 10. Ludwig Wallinder (In '78)
  • 15. Robin Norlin
  • 17. André Alsanati (In '62)
  • 77. Johan Nygren

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)