– I felt that they were trying to drag out the time and there were eight minutes left. Then I felt that they were afraid of what we had to come up with and then we got a good counterattack and I was able to score so it was extra nice, says scorer Sara Kanutte Forsnes to Viaplay.
The referee showed seven minutes of added time on the absorbing heavy grass at the Stockholm stadium which took its toll with several players receiving treatment.
Norrköping played the ball up and it went into the penalty area to the goal thief Sara Kanutte Forsnes who distinctly clipped the equalizer 2-2 in the 94th minute. Then they had recovered 2-0 in the second half.
In the 96th minute, Matilda Plan headed in 3-2 for Djurgården and all blue stripes in the stadium believed in a super dramatic ending, but the goal was disallowed for offside.
– People who watched the match on Viaplay say it was not offside. The last few minutes have become our battle, but today I can blame the referee a little, even though we need to be more efficient, says Djurgården’s Tove Almqvist.
Nice combinations at Djurgården’s 1-0
Djurgården took the lead 1-0 in the middle of the first half. It was really neat with Pauline Hammarlund who directly passed backwards to Ebba Hed who with the next direct pass in depth found Mimmi Larsson who from the left wing found a gap under Caroline Delisle in the Norrköping goal.
2-0 came five minutes later when Stinalisa Johansson arranged a penalty that Therese Åsland scored. It was a fairly loose penalty in the middle of the goal that didn’t look untakeable.
Djurgården should have already decided the match in the first half.
At the beginning of the second half, Norrköping got hope when Wilma Leidhammar headed in 2-1 after a rebound. The Dif players protested that the ball was not over the goal line, but the assistant referee was well positioned and the goal was allowed.