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Malmö FF looked like a winning team at Tele2 Arena. Then Djurgården changed the 0-2 to 3-2 in the final eight minutes of the second half.
– Completely unacceptable to lose like that, said MFF coach Jon Dahl Tomasson.
Malmö FF goalkeeper Marko Johansson, Anel Ahmedhodzic and Ola Toivonen are depressed after Djurgården’s 3-2.
It was an eventful start for the match at a breakneck pace. Hottest of all was Søren Rieks, who had plenty of good positions before Ola Toivonen broke the deadlock with a powerful shot in the eighteenth minute.
MFF took over more and more after their first goal and perhaps they should have had a little more margin with them at halftime. The second came in place in the 62nd minute and it was Ola Toivonen who struck again. The pleasant interaction on the left edge between Søren Rieks and Jonas Knudsen was completed with an inward and backward diagonal pass and Toivonen finished with a marked wide side.
– So far we have played fantastic football. But then AC is forced [Anders Christiansen] change and then we lose it. Of course, that’s not the whole truth, but he is an important player, said Jon Dahl Tomasson.
Djurgården looked like a defeated team, but no. Rather, the team turned out to have another team and created one opportunity after another. Then came lowering and equalizing after cornering in a couple of minutes.
Fredrik Ulvestad nodded at 1-2 in the 81st minute and substitute Kalle Holmberg splashed the 2-2 from close range in the 82nd. Suddenly, it really matched again.
And Djurgården had more to come. One minute before full time, Kalle Holmberg scored 3-2 and secured the first win in seven Allsvenskan matches for the reigning champions.
– We give away two corner kicks and we concede two goals. That is, of course, unacceptable and we cannot be happy about it. But soccer can be unforgiving at times. We played a perfect match for eighty minutes and then we lost everything in sixteen minutes, including extra time, declared Jon Dahl Tomasson.
Colleague Kim Bergstrand’s coach on the opposing team saw a team that ultimately earned a dividend.
– We don’t play our best football, but we don’t give up, we work hard and I’m proud of that. Then I shit what it looks like, he said.
Ola Toivonen looked like the big winner of the match at Tele2 Arena. The national team break had obviously done him good, especially since he ended up completely in blue and yellow.
But the crash in Stockholm took an unexpected turn.
– It’s a shame on our part, of course. We give away the first corner in which they score. They get the second corner almost immediately after that on a fast break. Then after 2-2 it’s a house of cards that just collapses, said Ola Toivonen.
The mind game took over.
– Difficult balancing act there, checking for eighty minutes, then a goal that gives the other team so much air. Soccer can be cruel at times, Toivonen said.
– It was very easy in the first seventy-five. We moved the ball well. But that’s probably the fascinating thing about soccer. Ninety minutes and anything can happen, so take your hat off to Djurgården, who works to the end.
