Division 3 Sydöstra Götaland, men 2022
Hovshaga AIF - Älmhults IF (2 - 4)
Match in Division 3 Sydöstra Götaland, men 2022
Match start: 2022-05-20 at 19:00
Venue: Hagavallen 1, Växjö
It was a heated match played at Hagavallen 1 between Hovshaga AIF and Älmhults IF. Already after five minutes of play, the away team took the lead through Noah Ejneborn. The home team fought back and, after 23 minutes, they equalized with a goal from Lukas Magnusson. However, it didn’t take long before Älmhults IF regained the lead with Ejneborn’s second goal of the evening, this time in the 33rd minute.
At halftime, Hovshaga AIF made a substitution as Jakob Schröder replaced Jakob Magnusson, but it was Älmhults IF that continued to dominate the game. In the 60th minute, Gamal Mohammed Afif Al-Haqli scored Älmhults' third goal of the evening. Yet, Hovshaga AIF refused to give up and managed to reduce the deficit with Schröder’s goal in the 62nd minute.
The home team made two substitutions in the 69th minute, with Linus Eiman replacing Albin Nordin and Umar Khazbiev replacing Henrik Widén. But Älmhults IF did not want to give up their lead and made two substitutions in the 77th minute, with Lucas Eliasson replacing Kalle Johansson and Philip Nilsson replacing Noah Ejneborn.
Hovshaga AIF continued to push and made two substitutions in the 80th minute, with David Cruciat replacing Linus Nilsson and Christoffer Nagy Blomkvist replacing Hugo Nordin. However, it was Älmhults IF that sealed the deal with William Thellsson’s goal in stoppage time, resulting in a final score of 2-4 for the away team.
Referee Alexander Hultqvist and assistant referees Haris Kadiric and Emir Latifi did a good job keeping the match under control in front of a crowd at Hagavallen 1. With this victory, Älmhults IF moves up to sixth place in the table, while Hovshaga AIF remains in 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)