Vittsjö beat Djurgården 5–1 in the Swedish women’s football league. Jutta Rantala, who has scored five goals in the last two matches, is fifth in the points market of the series.
Vittsjö’s striker Jutta Rantala, 23, is on a roll in the Swedish Women’s Premier League. Rantanen scored a hat-trick on Sunday when Vittsjö beat Djurgården 5-1.
The Finn’s power night made headlines, for example Aftonbladet and of SVT on the website.
Rantala’s first hit came in the seventh minute of the game from a corner kick.
Having given the corner, Rantala played a short pass to his Canadian teammate To Sarah Stratigakis, who returned the ball to Rantala, who ran a couple of meters ahead. The Finn sent a high ball that sank into the back corner of the Djurgården goal.
– We discussed the pattern yesterday, so I wanted to try it, Rantala said according to SVT.
The second and third goals were great left-footed shots. The Finn scored a hat trick in the first half.
– It’s fun to score goals, and long shots are my specialty, Rantala said in the halftime interview.
In addition to his goals, the fiery Finn scored a 4–0 goal against Stratigakis, when the Djurgården goalkeeper Elvira Bjorklund blocked Rantala’s kudi in front of him. Stratigakis had an easy job to finish.
In Vittsjö’s previous match against Kristianstad, Rantala, known from the Finnish national team, scored two goals and also assisted one hit.
This season, Rantala has eight complete hits and six assists leading to a goal in 17 matches. He is ninth in the league’s goalscoring list. If the goals and assists are added together, Rantala is the fifth most efficient in the series.
Rantala moved to Vittsjö in January 2022 from Kristianstad. In last year’s goal exchange, Rantala was eighth with ten hits.
In his national team career, he has scored four goals in 15 matches.
Vittsjö is seventh in the series of 14 teams. Djurgården, who won only four of 17 matches, is in tenth place. Earlier this week, it terminated the contract of the goalkeeper who had a dispute with supporters Hedvig Lindahl with.