Division 3 Västra Svealand, men 2023
Syrianska Eskilstuna IF - Eskilstuna City FK (3 - 3)
Match in Division 3 Västra Svealand, men 2023
Match start: 2023-09-29 at 19:00
Venue: Tunavallen
Attendance: 392
Mild winds blow over Tunavallen as Syrianska Eskilstuna IF hosts Eskilstuna City FK at home on an early Friday evening. In front of an audience of 392, it is the visiting team that starts the match the strongest. Only four minutes in, they are rewarded when Emil Nils Oscar Andersson pushes the ball into the goal, taking the lead at 0-1. Just eleven minutes later, Mahad Dahir Hussein extends the lead to 0-2, leaving the home team with a significant uphill battle ahead.
However, it is not until the 21st minute that Syrianska Eskilstuna IF manages to reduce the deficit when Rwi Elias finds the net. It looks like the match will become a struggle for the home team to get back into it, but in the 48th minute, Rwi Elias strikes again, scoring the equalizer from a free kick. The match is now completely open again.
Eskilstuna City FK, however, manages to earn a penalty in the 66th minute, which Hugo Wingemark converts, putting them back in the lead at 2-3. It seems that the away team will emerge victorious, but in the 89th minute, Alagi Sosseh scores to make it 3-3, salvaging a point for Syrianska Eskilstuna IF. The match thus ends in a draw, but there is significant disappointment for the home team when Rwi Elias receives a red card in stoppage time after picking up two yellow cards in four minutes.
Despite the shared result, it can be noted that the visiting team played well and maintained control of the match for large parts of the time. Syrianska Eskilstuna IF, however, deserves praise for fighting hard and managing to come back after being down 0-2. The match was undoubtedly entertaining for the 392 people present at Tunavallen, and we now look forward to the next match.
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)