Superettan 2013
Degerfors IF - IFK Värnamo (2 - 2)
Match in Superettan 2013
Match start: 2013-10-04 at 19:20
Venue: Stora Valla
Attendance: 1,809
An intense match was played at Stora Valla, where Degerfors IF faced IFK Värnamo on Friday evening in the Superettan. In front of a crowd of 1,809, the teams stepped onto the pitch with different circumstances - Degerfors IF was in fourth place in the table while IFK Värnamo was in thirteenth place.
The match began at a high pace, and already in the 26th minute, Degerfors IF took the lead with a score of 1-0 when Alexander Andersson scored. After the goal, Degerfors began to dominate and press IFK Värnamo, resulting in a yellow card for Andreas Holmberg on the Degerfors side.
However, IFK Värnamo did not lose heart, and in the 35th minute, Dzenis Kozica equalized for the away team, making it 1-1. The game became more balanced after the equalizer, but IFK Värnamo took the lead when Johan Niklasson scored with an assist from Carlos Gaete Moggia in the 49th minute.
Degerfors showed strength nonetheless, and in the 62nd minute, Alexander Andersson scored his second goal of the evening, leveling the match at 2-2 with an assist from Marcus Astvald. The second half felt a bit uncertain, with both teams trying to push for a winning goal.
IFK Värnamo received another yellow card in the 80th minute for Tobias Englund and one more in the 89th minute for Sebastian Göransson. Both teams fought until the end, but the match finished 2-2, and both teams had to settle for one point each.
Referee Lars Olsson was assisted by Fredrik Johansson and Christian Andersson during the match. Both teams fought hard and fairly shared the points in an exciting match that both sets of supporters can be proud of.
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)