Djurgården will have to wait for their cup semi-final – instead several training matches for Blåränderna and today Degerfors is waiting for Stadshagen’s IP. FotbollDirekt reports live starting at 2 p.m.
Djurgården was ready for the cup semi-final last weekend, but the semi-final has been properly advanced after Hammarby’s corona outbreak. Bajen and Trelleborg will play the quarterfinals on April 1, three days later Djurgården will meet the winner of that match in the semi.
Therefore, DIF has booked several training matches – this weekend they met Östersund and won 3-0, and today the all-Swedish newcomer Degerfors is waiting for a training match at Stadshagen’s IP.
Djurgården has a number of players away with injuries; Tommi Vaiho, Erik Berg, Axel Wallenborg, Isak Hien, Melker Jonsson, Jacob Une Larsson, Albion Ademi, Haris Radetinac, Jesper Nyholm, Rasmus Schüller and Peter McGregor.
But you can still put a strong starting eleven on the legs against Degerfors, with many of the pre-season’s most prominent, such as Edward Chilufya and Nicklas Bärkroth.
Djurgården’s starting eleven: Jacob Widell Zetterström – Aslak Witry, Linus Tagesson, Hjalmar Ekdal, Leo Cornic, Hampus Finndell, Magnus Eriksson, Edward Chilufya, Nicklas Bärkroth, Kalle Holmberg.
Benches: Aleksandr Vasyutin (etc.), Elliot Käck, Curtis Edwards, Mattias Mitku, Emmanuel Banda, Joel Asoro, Emir Kujovic.
Degerfors starting eleven: Jeffrey Gal – Gustav Granath, Oliver Ekroth, Sebastian Olsson, Jonathan Tamimi, Christos Gravius, Adam Carlén, Erik Lindell, Victor Edvardsen Sargon Abraham, Johan Bertilsson.
By: Hugo Claesson (mv), Sean Sabetkar, Daniel Janevski, Nicklas Maripuu, William Dahlström, Abdelrahman Saidi, Adhavan Rajamohan.
HERE BEGINS FD’S LIVER REPORTING!
The match started!
3 min: Djurgården with the match’s first goal chance. After a long good attack, the ball ends up with Magnus Eriksson in a good position just inside the box boundary … shoots straight, close outside!
5 min: Long ball from Olsson against Edvardsen, but Tagesson first and plays the ball home.
6 min: Dangerous Degerfors! A good ball from Bertilsson, into Abraham in the box. He gets zoo players around him and ends up wrong, trying to heel the ball … close outside!
7 min: Nice joint Edvardsen out to the left and Tamimi, his post close to reaching teammates in the box. Degerfors looks sharp.
9 min: Elias Andersson to the right of Djurgården, good flat post towards the far post and there is Cornic … but he goes too brusquely towards the defender, free kick Degerfors.
11 min: Lindell to the right of Degerfors, tries with a low input in the box but it gets stuck on Cornic.
12 min: Adam Carlén in the bar! Corner Degerfors and it reaches Carlén in the middle of Djurgården’s box, clockwise in the crossbar.
15 min: Quarter played, Djurgården with the most ball possession but Degerfors sharp when they change.
19 min: Longer attack Degerfors and it looks promising with many players who have moved up, but run aground when Olsson and Tamimi misunderstand each other. The pass from Olsson down to kick-in Djurgården.
21 min: Long, long attack Djurgården and it becomes dangerous … a post against Chilufya in the box, he bounces back to Holmberg who shoots directly on the bounce … covered by Degerfors defender. Djurgården retains grip and it ends with a corner that becomes fruitless.
24 min: Ball in the depth against Bertilsson who catches it just before the short line, plays against Abraham in the box and he tries to heel … no hit on it.
26 min: Great location Djurgården! Hjalmar Ekdal storms forward in the lane from his midfield position, gets the ball and wall play, enters Degerfors penalty area and becomes completely free … but Gal quickly out, fends off, returns and it bounces on a lying Ekdal but Degerfors can remove the ball in front of your own finish line!
28 min: Finndell with a long ball deep against Chilufya who took a smart diagonal run … Gal manages to get out right in front of him and clears away.
30 min: 1-0 Djurgården – Chilufya wins the ball, rushes to the right, sees Elias Andersson in the middle and records … a completely clean Andersson wide sides surely into the ball, his first in Djurgården’s jersey.
32 min: Bärkroth at the short line, close to finding Holmberg in the box, but Degerfors gets the ball away.
33 min: Eriksson arranges a free kick in a good position for Djurgården. Andersson lifts it into the box, ends up with Eriksson who arranges the corner. It hits quickly, and then lifts towards Chilufya on the far post. He tries volleyball, in the gable.
36 min: Degerfors with a push, but it ends with an offside deflection. Djurgården has owned the match so far, but Degerfors feels very sharp when they change. Walks fast.
37 min: Tagesson warned after going in really tough against Bertilsson in midfield.
38 min: Chilufya tries with a cheek, two-footed between two Degerfors players in the box but loses the ball in the last position. Very alert Chilufya.
39 min: Ball against Bertilsson who gets clean unless Widell Zetterström is awake and clears.
41 min: Gravius with a lift in the deep against Bertilsson, but Widell Zetterström out and picks in front of Degerfors veteran.
43 min: Really good chance Degerfors! Tamimi on the left, feeds inwards and finishes with the right, giant rescue Widell Zetterström! To the corner.
43 min: 1-1! Goal on the corner. Gravius is allowed to stand alone at the far end and can wide in the ball.
45 min: Penalty for Djurgården! Hands in the Degerfors box. Witry should beat it … very sure, 2-1. Low left, Gal throws himself in the other direction.
Break, 2-1 to Djurgården.
Second half started!
49 min: Pending start to the second half, no major dangers in any direction.
51 min: Then there will be a goal! 2-2 – Victor Edvardsen. It is Johan Bertilsson on the right who finds with a good ball, Edvardsen comes with speed and direct shot, a low shot at the far post.
55 min: Close again to Degerfors. Edvardsen manages to catch a ball before the short line and plays against Abraham close to goal, but the pass is broken.
56 min: Then dangerous in the other direction when Chilufya comes loose, has teammates with him but chooses his own finish, outside.
60 min: Triple change Djurgården. Ekdal, Bärkroth and Holmberg come out, Asoro, Kujovic and Edwards come in.
64 min: 3-2 Djurgården – after a good attack and nice input from Eriksson, Kujovic can replace the wide side in 3-2 from close range.
67 min: Very close to 3-3 when Edvardsen hits good posts from the left and Widell Zetterström is out hanging laundry a bit. Nick from Bertilsson close over!
69 min: Edvardsen is looking for Bertilsson in depth but Andersson reads it nicely and breaks. A minute later Andersson is replaced, Emmanuel Banda in for Djurgården.
72 min: Asoro has shown good tendencies a few times since he came in, now he dribbles forward outside Degerfors box, has a shooting position but comes out of it and it eventually becomes a post that is broken.
76 min: Some silence in the last minutes. Degerfors with more ball but Djurgården well collected.
78 min: Then Chilufya comes loose and gets a free kick! Takes in properly but Gal with a good pair of feet!
79 min: Djurgården has stepped up in a very high pressure now that Degerfors has the ball in its own back line. So far, the guests have managed to play out of it in a nice way.
80 min: Degerfors with a little pressure, two substituted players who are in front: First a good post by Maripuu that Widell Zetterström can make a tiger leap on, then in the next sequence, a post against Janevski who nods but high above.
82 min: Eriksson in deep against Chilufya, and Ekroth will have to tear down “Chili” – red card! And also free kick in a very good position. Witry takes care of it, tries to screw over the wall but would probably have been better to go on force there. Shot over.
84 min: Two of the match’s leading figures step off: Edvardsen for Degerfors (Rajamohan in) and Chilufya in Djurgården (Mitku in).
86 min: Good adjustment position Degerfors but stops a bit, ends with posts Lindell and Djurgården can remove.
87 min: Then it turns in the other direction: Asoro down at the short line, finds the wrong turn Kujovic who turns on a five-pointer but no hit on the shot and Degerfors can cover away.
88 min: Kujovic receives the ball, turns inwards, sees Banda centrally. Banda takes shots from a distance outside Degerfors penalty area, no hit and the ball far outside.
91 min: Full time, two minutes extra …
92 min: Corner Degerfors, 30 seconds left …
Jesper Karlström decided when Djurgården lowered Varberg
Victory means that Degerfors is ready for the Allsvenskan
Mjällby continues to win – now has four straight victories
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