Superettan 2012
Degerfors IF - Östers IF (2 - 2)
Match in Superettan 2012
Match start: 2012-07-21 at 16:00
Venue: Stora Valla
Attendance: 3,767
On Saturday afternoon, Degerfors IF and Östers IF faced off in a tight and exciting match at Stora Valla in front of an audience of 3,767. Referee Nermin Cisic officiated the match with assistants Fredrik Klyver and Mark Josef.
The match started in Öster's favor when Alexander Henningsson scored after 21 minutes of play, with an assist from Denis Velic. Öster increased their lead ten minutes later through Velic, who was set up by Patrik Rickard Bojent.
Degerfors responded to Öster's lead with hard tackles, and Niklas Klingberg was shown a yellow card in the 33rd minute. Öster's Jonas Hellgren followed with a yellow card just two minutes later.
The second half did not start positively for Degerfors as Jonas Olsson received a yellow card in the 48th minute. The Degerfors coach took action and substituted Alexander Andersson for Erik Nilsson in the 60th minute.
Öster's David Vidarsson was the next to receive a yellow card in the 65th minute. The Degerfors coach changed the lineup further, substituting Christopher Brandeborn for Kwame Amponsah Karikari in the 67th minute.
The Degerfors coach was rewarded in the 81st minute when Christopher Brandeborn scored a consolation goal with an assist from Jonas Olsson. Öster substituted Matteo Blomqvist Rydén for Freddy Söderberg in the 83rd minute, but it was Degerfors' Andersson who became the match hero when he equalized in the 90th minute, assisted by Amadaiya Rennie.
The match ended 2-2, and the audience thanked the players for a well-played game. Öster and Degerfors each earned a point in Superettan.
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)