AIK got here to the derby with a bruised self-confidence after 4 days earlier they suffered a critical knockout within the 6-1 loss towards IF Elfsborg at Borås Enviornment. With 16 objectives conceded within the final 4 video games, it was not unthinkable that the group wished to verify to plug the again by means of a extra resolute defensive recreation. The away part at Tele2 Enviornment was prime class proper from the beginning as they made positive to outvote the remaining sections within the area which was stuffed with inexperienced and white supporters.
On account of Mads Thychosen getting a pink card within the match towards Elfsborg, and Dino Besirovic getting his third yellow in a short while, it meant that Henning Berg needed to do with out them for right now’s assembly with Hammarby IF. Henning Berg thus got here to the match with the next beginning eleven: Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Rui Modesto, Sotirios Papagiannopoulos, Benjamin Tiedemann, Axel Björnström, Anton Salétros, Ismaila Coulibaly, Bersant Celina, Taha Ayari, Victor Andersson and Ioannis Pittas.
At 14:00, right now’s referee Kristoffer Karlsson blew his pipe and the derby was formally underway. The start of the match was characterised by two groups that wished to be proper of their positions and as soon as they bought maintain of the ball, they made positive that they nurtured it throughout the group. It will take till the ninth minute of the match earlier than the primary state of affairs got here. Ioannis Pittas superior deep and the ball landed on the ft of the Cypriot, he then shielded the ball towards his defender impressively after which sped in direction of objective – as soon as he bought into the penalty space he despatched a quick low end towards the primary put up, Oliver Dovin within the dwelling field, nonetheless, was on his toes and managed to steer the ball out for a fruitless nook kick. There have been some duels of a derby character in the course of the opening, and within the 14th minute of the match Coulibaly needed to see the yellow card after he misplaced the ball to Fredrik Hammar after which needed to cease Hammarby’s counterattack try by tearing down mentioned Hammar.
It was the house group that had many of the ball possession because the match clock approached 30, AIK, on the opposite hand, defended disciplinedly and Hammarby subsequently had problem creating any actually harmful scoring possibilities. Even these in black had issues creating possibilities and aside from a couple of counterattack makes an attempt, they needed to put a variety of give attention to defending their very own objective. After an excellent interval for the house group, AIK took over the baton within the ultimate stage of the primary half and so they began to win extra shut matches and had been capable of set up clearer attacking play within the offensive half of the pitch. When the match clock stood at 41, Coulibaly had a dream place to place the ball within the web, however as a substitute of inserting the ball in a managed method in direction of the objective, a shot was despatched with far an excessive amount of energy and peak and it was by no means actually harmful for Dovin within the objective. When the match clock ticked over to 45, referee Karlsson selected to blow off the primary half and it was a tie on the break.
After a 15-minute break, it was time for the second half, Nahir Besara within the dwelling group began the ball and Hammarby took care of possession instantly. Within the 52nd minute of the match, Hammarby’s finest place within the match up to now got here. This after they set off on a lightning-quick counterattack the place the beforehand talked about Besara was final on the ball, however a wonderful dwelling job by Salétros meant that the high-scoring midfielder didn’t get the ball between the posts. AIK performed an excellent recreation defensively, however within the sixtieth minute of the match a lead objective would come for the house group after Pinas had time to face and take goal a couple of meters exterior the penalty space and bought a dream hit that discovered its means in at Nordfeldt’s left put up. Lead heavy for the away group, and it may very well be worse. Barely three minutes after Hammarby took the lead, referee Karlsson selected to select up the second yellow card for Coulibaly and AIK had been thus right down to 10 males.
Within the 68th minute, Hammarby made their first substitution, out went Bouzomana Toure and in got here Viktor Dukanovic. With a disarmed AIK, Hammarby took maintain of the match image correctly and the black-clad gamers had been severely pushed again. Henning Berg selected to make his first substitution within the 74th minute of the match when Victor Andersson had completed for the day, Erik Ring got here in as a substitute. Shortly afterwards got here the following chilly bathe for AIK. Besara was allowed to wander freely within the middle of the court docket and located Gül, who bought previous each Papagiannopoulos and Björnström after which despatched a rock-hard shot into the roof of the online. 2-0 to the house group with quarter-hour to play, and the uphill was steep to say the least. AIK did what they might with one much less man and so they nonetheless managed to get into semi-dangerous conditions by way of an excellent counterplay. Within the 79th minute of the match, the discount would additionally come, this after Modesto elegantly discovered Pittas who met the excessive ball along with his brow and it was now 2-1 on the scoreboard. This introduced extra braveness to the gamers in black and so they did what they might with one much less man on the sector. Shortly after the discount objective, Hammarby’s head coach Kim Hellberg selected to take away Hampus Skoglund and Deniz Gül, Marc Llinares Barragan and Markus Karlsson got here in as a substitute. Within the 86th minute, Celina seemed set to degree the derby after Pittas discovered the midfielder sneaking into the penalty space, however a sacrificial defensive play by the house aspect meant the end was blocked after which cleared. Within the ninetieth minute of the match, each AIK and Hammarby selected to make additional substitutions. For AIK, it was Taha Ayari who needed to depart the pitch and Aaron Stoch Rydell got here in as a substitute. In Hammarby, they selected to switch Tesfaldet Tekie and put in Mads Fenger as a substitute.
AIK didn’t get nearer than Celina’s state of affairs within the 86th minute of the match, and after 95 minutes of soccer, referee Karlsson put the pipe in his mouth and blew the derby at Tele2 Enviornment. AIK needed to see themselves defeated and the gloomy development continues with three straight losses. Ultimate rating 2–1.
