Division 5 Småland Sydvästra, men 2023
Agunnaryds IF - Reftele GoIF (3 - 3)
Match in Division 5 Småland Sydvästra, men 2023
Match start: 2023-04-20 at 18:30
Venue: Ekvallen
Agunnaryds IF and Reftele GoIF faced each other at Ekvallen in Thursday evening's match in Division 5 Småland Southwestern. It was a fateful encounter between two teams fighting to climb up the table.
The match began with an early goal from Reftele GoIF when Pontus Åqvist found the net after just five minutes. However, the home team was not disheartened, and Victor Svensson equalized for Agunnaryds IF twenty minutes later with a header.
The second half started with a fierce battle where Elias Malmström from Agunnaryds IF received an early warning, but it was still the home team that dominated the play. Linus Rosengren scored a beautiful goal in the 52nd minute, and just eleven minutes later, Victor Svensson netted his second header of the match.
However, Reftele GoIF continued to fight stubbornly, and when Tobias Dyeson received a warning in the 57th minute, it marked a turning point in the match. Rickard Palm was set free towards the goal but was tackled by an Agunnaryds IF defender, resulting in a penalty awarded by the referee. Palm left nothing to chance and confidently placed the ball in the net.
With only six minutes left to play, Karl Lööf from Agunnaryds IF received a warning, and shortly after, Rickard Palm from Reftele GoIF also received a warning. But Palm would not give up— in the last minute of the match, his team earned a penalty kick, and Palm scored for the second time in the match, leveling the score at 3-3.
It was a close and exciting match, and neither team deserved to lose. The final result of 3-3 reflects a game where both teams fought hard and showcased some fine football.
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)