Superettan 2011
Degerfors IF - GIF Sundsvall (0 - 2)
Match in Superettan 2011
Match start: 2011-07-16 at 16:00
Venue: Stora Valla
Attendance: 2,844
On the warm Saturday afternoon in July, Degerfors IF and GIF Sundsvall met at Stora Valla in the Superettan. The attendance was 2,844 people, and Dragan Banjac was the main referee, assisted by Peter Vesterholm and Gustav Axmon.
The match started with a high tempo, and both teams tried to take control of the game. After 39 minutes, GIF Sundsvall's Ari Freyr Skúlason received a yellow card for a tough tackle. Three minutes into the second half, David Myrestam also received a yellow card for the visiting team.
However, after 63 minutes, GIF Sundsvall took the lead through Pontus Engblom, which shook the home team. Degerfors tried to come back but could not catch up, and substitutions of Martin Broberg and Andreas Eriksson Ljunggren did not solve anything. Instead, GIF Sundsvall substituted Robert Lundström for Alexis Mendiola and Emil Forsberg for Jonas Wallerstedt in hopes of securing the victory.
With only a few minutes left in the match, Degerfors' Niklas Klingberg received a yellow card, but it was too late for a comeback. Instead, Sundsvall managed to score another goal from the same Pontus Engblom who had scored the first one, in the last minute of the match. The match ended 0-2 in favor of GIF Sundsvall.
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)