Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland, men 2023
Vimmerby IF - Västerviks FF (6 - 1)
Match in Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland, men 2023
Match start: 2023-06-12 at 19:00
Venue: Arena Ceosvallen, Vimmerby
On this evening, Vimmerby faced Västervik at home on Arena Ceosvallen in front of an empty stands. The referee for the match was Hampus Savolainen, with assistant referees Shpëtim Feneri and Johan Olsson.
The match started well for Västervik, who took an early lead of 0 – 1 after just seven minutes, when Simon Sandholm found the net. However, Vimmerby quickly equalized through Haris Dreco in the sixteenth minute, making it 1 – 1.
The tension in the match increased in the 25th minute when Vimmerby's Tomislav Jakesevic received a yellow card. Unfortunately, that wasn't the end of it; he received a second yellow card and thus a red card after 57 minutes and had to leave the field.
In the 58th minute, Haris Dreco took responsibility, was fouled in the penalty area, and converted the penalty, giving Vimmerby the lead for the first time in the match at 2 – 1. Shortly after, Västervik's Albin Liffner was shown the second red card of the match.
After several substitutions in the following minutes, Vimmerby's Knut Gunnarsson headed the ball into the net in the 79th minute, making it 3 – 1. Ahmed Imad Tarabeih then scored two goals in the final minutes of the match, the 85th and 90th minutes, bringing Vimmerby's total points to 6 and concluding the match with a comfortable 6 – 1 victory.
This result meant that Vimmerby IF climbed to sixth place in Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland, while Västerviks FF fell to tenth 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)