Superettan 2012
Degerfors IF - Umeå FC (1 - 2)
Match in Superettan 2012
Match start: 2012-04-22 at 18:00
Venue: Stora Valla
Attendance: 1,424
Sunday evening featured an exciting match between Degerfors IF and Umeå FC at Stora Valla in Superettan. 1,424 spectators were present to watch the game, and the referee for the evening was Niklas Abrahamsson, assisted by Andreas Björkman and Gustav Axmon.
From the start, Umeå FC demonstrated their offensive play, and after 21 minutes, the home crowd was silenced when Adam Chennoufi scored the opening goal of the match, giving Umeå FC the lead, assisted by Fredrik Wennebro. Just four minutes later, the home team had a chance to equalize when Umeå FC made their first substitution, bringing in Simon Mårtensson for Danny Persson. A yellow card was also issued to Johan Larsson of Umeå FC after 26 minutes of play.
Degerfors IF fought to come back, but in the first half, Umeå FC received another warning, this time to Karl Morten Rövik Eek. The second half started with an early goal from Simon Mårtensson, assisted by Johan Larsson, which extended Umeå FC's lead to 2-0.
After 57 minutes, Degerfors IF made their first substitution, bringing in Erik Nilsson for Amadaiya Rennie. However, it didn't take long for Degerfors IF to reduce the deficit after a nice pass from Christopher Brandeborn to Niklas Klingberg, who put the ball in the net and cut Umeå FC's lead to 2-1.
Umeå FC received another warning after 71 minutes when Ali Jasim picked up a yellow card. Meanwhile, Umeå FC made their second substitution of the evening, with Hampus Bohman coming on for Johan Larsson. Degerfors IF continued to chase an equalizer but failed to score.
In the 77th minute, Degerfors IF made their second substitution, bringing in Alexander Andersson for Kwame Amponsah Karikari. A final substitution was made by Degerfors IF when Gheorge Andronic came on for Ghandy Kassenu in the 81st minute.
Umeå FC made their last substitution when Jens Sjöström replaced Adam Chennoufi in the 84th minute. Umeå FC’s Simon Mårtensson also received a yellow card in the 85th minute, but the rest of the match was played without any further goals or bookings.
The match ended 2-1 in favor of Umeå FC after early goals by Adam Chennoufi and Simon Mårtensson, which Degerfors IF could not recover from. An exciting match for the 1,424 spectators in attendance.
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)