Superettan 2018
IFK Värnamo - Örgryte IS FF (2 - 1)
Match in Superettan 2018
Match start: 2018-08-20 at 19:00
Venue: Finnvedsvallen, Värnamo
Attendance: 1,633
On Monday evening, IFK Värnamo and Örgryte IS FF faced off at Finnvedsvallen in front of an audience of 1,633. The referee for the match was Adam Ladebäck, assisted by Julian Poulsen Sosefo and Danha Bachiri.
Already in the second minute of the match, Örgryte's David Engström received a yellow card. Later in the first half, Engström was substituted in favor of Karl-Johan Lindblad. It was IFK Värnamo that took the lead when Sameeh Doutie scored 1-0 in the 25th minute, assisted by Alexander Henningsson. Örgryte's Lars Mendonca Fuhre received a yellow card after half an hour of play.
In the second half, the yellow cards continued to be issued. Danny Ervik received a yellow card in the 48th minute for Örgryte, followed by Viktor Einarsson and Evaldo Nascimento Lamaur Neto for IFK Värnamo in the 65th and 78th minutes, respectively. Örgryte brought in Gabriel Altemark Vanneryr for Mendonca Fuhre in the 57th minute, while IFK Värnamo replaced Doutie with Lumala Abdu in the 59th minute.
Örgryte also substituted Allan Mohideen for Ervik in the 78th minute. IFK Värnamo made three substitutions in the later part of the second half - Johan Andersson came in for Einarsson in the 80th minute, Paulo Marcelo Souza Alves for Fabio Gama dos Santos in the 83rd minute, and Pär Cederquist for Anton Maikkula in the 90th minute.
Evaldo Nascimento Lamaur Neto received his second yellow card in the 86th minute and was consequently sent off. However, in the 89th minute, Örgryte equalized with a goal from Daniels Paulson, assisted by Diego Montiel. Just as the match seemed destined to end in a draw, the decisive goal came in stoppage time. Pär Cederquist scored 2-1 for IFK Värnamo with an assist from Alexander Achinioti Jönsson, and the match ended with the home team winning 2-1. The current situation after the match is that IFK Värnamo is second to last in the table, while Örgryte IS FF is in 8th place.
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)